In Ian McEwan’s Atonement (2001), aspiring writer 13-year-old Briony Tallis glimpses a world of opaque “adult emotion”.

That communication is composed of vast gaps and desperate, distant signals is something Briony will learn through suffering—her own, eventually, but more immediately other people's. Atonement ...

When Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan), thirteen-years-old and an aspiring writer, sees her older sister Cecilia (Keira Knightley) and Robbie Turner (James McAvoy) at the fountain in front of the ...

She received her first Oscar nomination for her role as Briony Tallis in ‘Atonement’. The World War II film is based on the novel by Ian McEwan. Directed by Joe Wright, it stars Keira ...

On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, 13-year-old Briony witnesses a moment by a fountain, and the lives of three people are changed forever. Read by Sian Thomas.

In Ian McEwan’s Atonement (2001), aspiring writer 13-year-old Briony Tallis glimpses a world of opaque “adult emotion”. Holding a pen and blank paper before her, she feels a powerful impulse to write ...