--- title: "2 Dunkirk Quotes By Noah Richler" description: "2 Dunkirk quotes by Noah Richler. Plus more from Noah Richler and more Dunkirk sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/629/noah-richler-70030_atonement_what-a-joy-it-is-to-read-a-book-that-sho_814119.jpg" --- > [What a joy it is to read a book that shocks one into remembering just how high one's literary standards should be.… a tour de force by one of England's best novelists…. Atonement is a spectacular book; as good a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-richler/what-a-joy-it-is-to-read-a-book-that-shocks-one-into-remembering-just/) Noah Richler [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/629/noah-richler-70030_atonement_what-a-joy-it-is-to-read-a-book-that-sho_814119.jpg) > [McEwan's Atonement…truly dazzles, proving to be as much about the art and morality of writing as it is about the past…. The middle section of Atonement, the two vividly realized set pieces of Robbie's trek to the Channel and Briony's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-richler/mcewan-s-atonement-truly-dazzles-proving-to-be-as-much-about-the-art/) Noah Richler [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba1/noah-richler-70030_absent_mcewan-s-atonement-truly-dazzles-proving_1782876.png) ## More by Noah Richler > [What a joy it is to read a book that shocks one into remembering just how high one's literary standards should be.… a tour…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-richler/what-a-joy-it-is-to-read-a-book-that-shocks-one-into-remembering-just/) Noah Richler > [McEwan's Atonement…truly dazzles, proving to be as much about the art and morality of writing as it is about the past…. The middle section…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-richler/mcewan-s-atonement-truly-dazzles-proving-to-be-as-much-about-the-art/) Noah Richler > [Other people are as alive as you are. Cruelty is a failure of imagination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-richler/other-people-are-as-alive-as-you-are-cruelty-is-a-failure-of/) Noah Richler > [Lansens is a willing storyteller… As a writer, she desires a particular kind of reader, one who wants above all to be transported--who might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-richler/lansens-is-a-willing-storyteller-as-a-writer-she-desires-a-particular/) Noah Richler ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dunkirk/noah-richler/#itemlist", "name": "2 Dunkirk Quotes By Noah Richler", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What a joy it is to read a book that shocks one into remembering just how high one's literary standards should be.… a tour de force by one of England's best novelists…. 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