by Ian McEwan · Jonathan Cape · tapa dura · ISBN 9780224101998
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«The Children Act» is the literary fiction novel by Ian McEwan, published by Jonathan Cape in hardcover (216 pages, in English).
Fiona Maye, a judge in a high family court, is going through a marital crisis when she must resolve the case of Adam, a seventeen-year-old who refuses on religious grounds a treatment that could save his life. The encounter at the hospital awakens unexpected feelings and poses a dilemma between secular law and faith.
This first edition, originally published in English in 2014, was nominated for the Andrew Carnegie Medal and the Dublin Literary Award.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction and reading groups, with an interest in moral, judicial and religious dilemmas.
Ian Russell McEwan is a British novelist and screenwriter. In 2008, The Times featured him at number 35 on its list of "the 50 greatest British writers since 1945", and The Daily Telegraph ranked him number 19 out of "the 100 most powerful people in British culture".
