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"The year is 2021, and the human race is - quite literally - coming to an end. Since 1995 no babies have been born, because in that year all males unexpectedly became infertile. Great Britain is ruled by a dictator, and the population is inexorably growing older. Theodore Faron, Oxford historian and, incidentally, cousin of the all-powerful Warden of England, watches in growing despair as society gradually crumbles around him, giving way to strange faiths and cruelties: prison camps, mass organized euthanasia, roving bands of thugs. Then, suddenly, Faron is drawn into the plans of an unlikely group of revolutionaries. His passivity is shattered, and the action begins." "The Children of Men will surprise - and enthrall - P.D. James fans. Written with the same rich blend of keen characterization, narrative drive and suspense as her great detective stories, it engages powerfully with new themes: conflicts of loyalty and duty, the corruption of power, redemption through love. Ingenious, original, irresistibly readable, it confirms once again P.D. James's standing as a major novelist."--Jacket.
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End of the world, Fiction, Male Infertility, Fiction, science fiction, general, England, fiction, Fiction in Italian, History teachers, Twenty-first century, Science fiction, Fin du monde, Romans, nouvelles, Stérilité masculine, Vingt et unième siècle, Professeurs d'histoire, Fiction, dystopian, New York Times reviewedPlaces
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The Children of Men
May 16, 2006, Vintage
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Les Fils De L'Homme
September 1, 1995, Livre de Poche
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2253138312 9782253138310
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I figli degli uomini
Publish date unknown, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore
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8804471948 9788804471943
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"Early this morning, 1 January 2021, three minutes after midnight, the last human being to be born on earth was killed in a pub brawl in a suburb of Buenos Aires, aged twenty-five years, two months and twelve days."
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