From the Bookshelf of Classics Without All the Class…

[close] "There is no disguise about the primary theme of Atonement-it’s there for us to see in bold in the title. This is a novel about guilt and forgiveness.
But it’s a tricky thing this process of
atonement and this novel looks at what creates the context for guilt in the
first place,how do we share this guilt
and how do we atone for it?