小說/散文

Children Act
出版社： Random House, Inc. (International Division)
書林書號：
20250393
作者：
McEwan, Ian
定價：
560
會員價：
$476
ISBN：
9781101872871
出版年份：
2015
裝訂：
平裝
總頁數：
240
  • 本書介紹
【冷靜理智的道德表皮，肉與心在鮮紅冷雨中解裂】
‘‘The Children’s Act’’, Ian McEwan

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2017年艾瑪·湯普遜 Emma Thompson在電影《判決》裡的絕妙演出，充滿層次感與複雜的深度詮釋，讓每個處於不同階段的觀影者都能呼應自己的人生經驗與片段，並深深投入在多重難處與身歷其境的情緒風暴中。這是因為有夠好夠精彩的小說，讓電影與演員有熠熠生輝，光采動人的演譯空間。

McEwan於2014年出版本書，寫一位事業有成的法官Fiona，在面臨婚姻的分裂，丈夫的出軌要求，與充滿各種道德難題的工作重壓中拉扯，做出種種無法令所有人都滿意的判決，並仍需維持優雅的崩潰生活。

她內心各種煎熬與教育養成的優雅氣度就像被奮力凹折的時空，工作上維持著超然人道與冷靜判斷的素養與堅強篤定的力量，私下生活卻如初次經歷背叛的少女惶惶不安充滿挫折與意外。同時，她以法官的權力救回的青少年Adam熱烈愛慕著她，將她當成生命之源與救贖的女神般崇拜，甚至想跟她遠走高飛。曾經擁有完美生活與愛情事業兩得的她，怎麼處理自己的難題？怎麼回應丈夫的出軌與自己心中的躁動不安？

Now a Major Motion Picture starring Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, and Fionn Whitehead. 

One of the Best Books of the Year: The Washington Post, NPR, Vogue, BookRiot

Fiona Maye is a leading High Court judge who presides over cases in the family division. 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: Adam, a beautiful seventeen-year-old boy, is refusing for religious reasons the medical treatment that could save his life, and his devout parents echo his wishes. Time is running out. Should the secular court overrule sincerely expressed faith? In the course of reaching a decision, Fiona visits Adam in the hospital—an encounter that stirs long-buried feelings in her and powerful new emotions in the boy. Her judgment has momentous consequences for them both.
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