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Fiona Meyer in "Children's Act" is a female High Court judge who has always been known for her strict wisdom, precision and rationality. But her successful career could not hide the discord in her family. Years of infertility and her husband's infidelity put her thirty-year marriage into crisis. Adam, a seventeen-year-old boy, refused blood transfusion treatment because of his religious beliefs, and his life was hanging by a thread. As time passed, both the prosecution and the defense gave their reasons. In order to make a fair and reasonable verdict, Fiona decided to visit the boy in the hospital in person. A sincere conversation touched Fiona's deep-seated emotions. In the end, her ruling will bring unexpected consequences to the two... McEwan presents readers with a moral and legal dilemma in "The Children's Act": Should we respect religious beliefs and personal will, or should we adhere to the principle of the supremacy of life? Carrying the heavy shackles of a civilized society, which side will the balance of human nature tilt to? "This is McEwan's best novel since On Chesil Beach." - The Guardian

In the picturesque countryside of London, five strangers rushed to rescue a hot air balloon accident. However, perhaps it was just a moment of hesitation and selfishness that led to the death of a living person right in front of their eyes. The fragility and perishability of life ignites the protagonist's crazy and persistent love, which also leads to complete chaos and disorder in the world of the other two people. In this book, McEwan, whose creations have matured and become better, uses a detailed presentation of a spiritual crisis and a mental illness to seriously and profoundly explore the infinite possibilities, fragility and helplessness of human emotions, emotions, consciousness and even human nature itself.

British national writer McEwan's latest novella, When Kafka Encountered "Brexit", is a tribute to "The Metamorphosis"; a bilingual masterpiece, an authentic appreciation of McEwan's elegant and wise writing style; exquisite structure, bold innovation, inheriting the legacy of Jonathan Swift. "Cockroach" is McEwan's latest novella, which describes the magical experience of a cockroach: after crawling from the Houses of Parliament to the Prime Minister's residence, after waking up, the cockroach found that it had occupied the body of Prime Minister Jim Sams, and at the same time became the most powerful man in Britain. As the British Prime Minister, Jim Sams's mission is to realize the will of the people - to implement "reversalism" in the UK and even to promote it around the world. Neither opposition outside the party, dissidents within the party, nor the principles of parliamentary democracy can hinder the new prime minister from completing his mission. In addition to the novel's obvious tribute to Kafka's classic work "The Metamorphosis", McEwan also inherited the mantle of Jonathan Swift and used the ancient form of political satire to express his feelings about the dilemma of Britain's "Brexit" and brought the art form of irony to an unparalleled height. At the same time, this novella, which is exquisitely structured and boldly innovative, still displays typical McEwan wisdom and smooth writing style. The bilingual text in Chinese and English allows readers to appreciate McEwan's elegant and wise words in an original way while appreciating the Chinese translation.

British national treasure writer Ian McEwan's blockbuster new work on artificial intelligence is a perfect literary annotation for "Black Mirror", "Westworld" and "Love, Death and Robots". The boundary between fiction and reality is blurred here. McEwan once again subverts imagination and completely rewrites the history of human technological development. A young man and woman and a robot are trapped in a love triangle; this time, it is not just humans who are trapped in moral dilemmas. In 1982, in London, England, a parallel world, artificial intelligence research at that time had far exceeded our current level of development. Under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher, Britain lost the Falklands War, and Tony Benn was elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid national uproar. Turing, the "father of artificial intelligence," did not commit suicide. McEwan gave Turing the life he deserved, instead of being tried, imprisoned, or committing suicide. Turing lived a long life and lived in the respect of the world. His works created technological miracles. At the same time, 32-year-old Londoner Charlie started two new relationships: first, he fell in love with Miranda, his upstairs neighbor; second, he used his inheritance to buy a new humanoid robot "Adam". "Adam" has the intelligence and appearance to resemble the real thing, and can complete realistic yet natural movements and expression changes. With Miranda's help, Charlie reshaped the character of "Adam", and a set of strange triangle relationships gradually formed... And things slowly began to get out of control.

In this novel, McEwan describes a ferocious and mysterious "animal" that is darker than the night, with red eyes, like burning coals, coveting the remains of dying European civilization, and devouring reforms and beliefs. The bottom line of morality, grasping the Achilles heel of civilization, trying to reverse the nature of good and evil - a typical McLean black, on the stage haunted by ghost black dogs, violence, true love, evil, redemption, interpreting a thrilling fable about our times.

"Amsterdam" is the 1998 Booker Prize-winning work, an extremely exquisite McEwan masterpiece. Two good friends meet at a funeral for the dead woman they once shared. They could not imagine that this charming woman would have relations with two other conservative and vulgar dignitaries during her lifetime. Deeply deploring the pain she suffered before her death, they reached an agreement: if one could not live with dignity, the other could end his life at any time.

"Between the Beds" is McEwan's second collection of short stories after "First Love, Last Rites". It is the writer's most famous work and contains a total of 7 short stories, which are exquisite, sharp and gloomy. It describes the loneliness of the deformed in front of the world, the pervert's confusion about life, and the revenge of the twisted on the world. It is incredible but extremely brave, and it is getting closer to the truth that people refuse to see. An out-and-out masterpiece of "Horrible Ian".