The Children Act

伊恩•麦克尤恩（1948—），本科毕业于布莱顿的苏塞克斯大学，于东英吉利大学取得硕士学位。从一九七四年开始，麦克尤恩在伦敦定居，次年发表的第一部中短篇集就得到了毛姆文学奖。此后他的创作生涯便与各类奖项的入围名单互相交织，其中《阿姆斯特丹》获布克奖，《时间中的孩子》获惠特布莱德奖，《赎罪》获全美书评人协会奖。近年来，随着麦克尤恩在主流文学圈获得越来越高的评价，在图书市场上创造越来越可观的销售纪录，他已经被公认为英国的“国民作家”，他的名字已经成为当今英语文坛上“奇迹”的同义词。

出版者:Jonathan Cape

作者:Ian McEwan

页数:224

出版时间:2014-9-2

价格:GBP 16.99

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780224101998

图书标签:IanMcewan伦理英文原版英国文学英国小说宗教麦克尤恩

"Fiona Maye is a leading High Court judge, presiding over cases in the family court. She is renowned for her fierce intelligence, exactitude and sensitivity. But her professional success belies private sorrow and domestic strife. There is the lingering regret of her childlessness, and now, her marriage of thirty years is in crisis. At the same time, she is called on to try an urgent case: for religious reasons, a beautiful seventeen-year-old boy...."

读后感

一位日常与家庭法打交道的法官，Fiona，见过分手时夫妻双方各种撕，分房子分票子分孩子。由于儿童法案（法院在解决任何关涉儿童养育问题时，应优先考虑儿童福祉），她接到Adam 案子，一个身患白血病的少年，亟待输血。 少年成长于宗教家庭，教义不允许他有接受输血。在身边所有...

1）画作和雕塑里的正义女神，眼睛常被蒙住，表示此位女神真正客观公正，不因自己的视域而动心起念，不做出掺杂私情的判断。 法官是正义女神的人间代理，一般也该“闭眼”，只把视域压缩在卷宗和庭上才对，如果法官亲自接触太多东西（ 比如说，亲历亲为去调查、去侦探、去搜集证...  

用户评价

On the whole, a dissatisfying read... Two problems are obvious: the extremely unlikeable central character, and the slow-paced, interminable digressions... It would be much better if McEwan focused more on the Adam case. Though this novel provides some insights into the legal intricacies of Britain.

不禁一声哎 结束得太快

"She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs, But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears." I should start reading some Yeats.

On the whole, a dissatisfying read... Two problems are obvious: the extremely unlikeable central character, and the slow-paced, interminable digressions... It would be much better if McEwan focused more on the Adam case. Though this novel provides some insights into the legal intricacies of Britain.

On the whole, a dissatisfying read... Two problems are obvious: the extremely unlikeable central character, and the slow-paced, interminable digressions... It would be much better if McEwan focused more on the Adam case. Though this novel provides some insights into the legal intricacies of Britain.