Ian McEwan

Books on prize lists

• On Chesil Beach

  Written in English

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  Booker 2007 · Shortlist

  On Chesil Beach

  On Chesil Beach

  Ian McEwan · 59 when first published

  Novel · 203 pages · Love

  AIAI-generated summary:Newly married in the summer of 1962, a young history graduate and a violinist sit down to dinner at their honeymoon hotel by the sea in Dorset, each quietly dreading the night ahead.

• Atonement

  Written in English

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  Booker 2001 · Shortlist

  Atonement

  Atonement

  Ian McEwan · 53 when first published

  Novel · 372 pages · War, Love, Family

  AIAI-generated summary:In the stifling summer of 1935, at her family's country house, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis misreads what passes between her sister Cecilia and Robbie, whose mother cleans for the family, and makes an accusation that will shape all three lives.