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In sensibility the world of \u003ci\u003eAtonement\u003c\/i\u003e is achingly reminiscent of that created by Richard Hughes in his classic novels, \u003ci\u003eA High Wind in Jamaica\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Fox in the Attic\u003c\/i\u003e. There is the same sharply detailed delight in life and the same dismaying awareness of how easily the treasures of normalcy can be lost. In both men's work, there is a grave acknowledgment that a child's moral sense and judgment are vastly different from an adult's—and that the consequences of this difference can be enormous. But Hughes, writing fifty years ago, made no sign that he, or his narrator, was aware of the reader's steady gaze. McEwan offers an additional challenge. He makes us ache for the young lovers to be reunited, and Briony—whom we discover is the narrator— seems to grant our wish. But does she? \u003cbr\u003e The novel closes with an event postponed for sixty years. 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