Expiation

Pendant l'été 1935 dans une famille de la bourgeoisie anglaise, la jeune Briony surprend l'idylle naissante entre sa soeur Cecily et Robbie le fils du jardinier. Perturbée, elle accuse Robbie du viol d'une cousine, ce qui sépare le couple à jamais. Plusieurs années plus tard Briony, rongée par le remord, devient infirmière et tente d'innocenter Robbie, soldat hanté par son amour perdu.

Ian Russell McEwan (born 21 June 1948) is a British novelist and screenwriter. He began his career writing sparse, Gothic short stories. His first two novels, *The Cement Garden* (1978) and The *Comfort of Strangers* (1981), earned him the nickname "Ian Macabre". These were followed by three novels of some success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. His 1997 novel *Enduring Love* was adapted into a …