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By Alden Jerry

The books take us to the journey of long, deep and adventurous feelings & emotions. And thus, they are highly entertaining too. There are more than one hundred categories of books available in both national and international market. No matter whether the book is a fiction or non-fiction, magazine or handbook, novel or bibles, each word written in these manuscripts are precious and helpful. Nowadays, novels are treated as one of the biggest sources of inspirations.

One of the most inspirational novels of the recent years is Atonement. This amazing piece of literature is written by a British writer Ian McEwan. This work is considered as one of the best works of Ian McEwan. This story was short-listed for the Booker Prize wards 2001. Furthermore, Time magazine had named it the best fiction novel of the year with inclusion of its name in their list of ALL-TIME 100 GREATEST NOVELS. In addition, "The Observer" quoted it as one of the 100 best novels ever published.

Beside these distinctions, the Atonement won numerous other awards too. The Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction 2002, National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction 2002, WH Smith Literary Award 2002 and the Santiago Prize for the European Novel 2004 are some of the highly reputed awards that have been awarded to it.

This fiction title basically focuses on a high class British family and their values. This entire story runs around three key characters named Briony Tallis, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner. This narration also focuses on the social terminologies such as premarital sex, reconciliation, nursing, class system and lots more. The story is really very emotional and influential. It is sure to touch the soul of readers.

In the year 2007, a film production company of Hollywood named Working Title Company adapted the Atonement. They launched it on the silver screen and created an unstoppable sensation worldwide. In this film, the role of Briony Tallis was played by Saiorse Ronan, whereas the role of Cecilia and Robbie Turner was played by Keira Knightley and James McAvoy. Other characters of the story were played by various actors and actresses of the International Cinema.

Like the book, the film was also a huge success. It won seven Oscar Awards in the 80th Academy Award ceremony. The awards were from the categories like Best Picture, Best Writing, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Score and others. The film has also won the Best Film of the Year award in the BAFTA ceremony. The film was appreciated by the audiences all over the world.

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