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The First Century After Beatrice

Amin Maalouf

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What would happen if a drug could guarantee the birth of male children? The First Century After Beatrice chronicles the events following the development of just such a chemical. The female birth rate drops as the use of the drug spreads, at first clandestinely, from the turn of the 21st century. Women are sold on the black market and men despair facing a future without them. Meanwhile, governments use the drug as a weapon for ethnic cleansing, threatening entire communities with annihilation. Societies crumble as populations tragically justify their xenophobia and take up arms. The First Century After Beatrice is, paradoxically, the lyrical memoir of a French entomologist and intellectual who leads the campaign to eradicate the drug. Interwoven is the story of his love for the two women with whom he shares his life: his companion and lover, Clarence, and their prized daughter, Beatrice.

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: 192 pages

Publication:

Publisher:: Abacus

Edition:

Language:: en-GB

ISBN10:: 0349105995

ISBN13:: 9780349105994

kindle Asin:: 0349105995

The First Century After Beatrice

Amin Maalouf

3.50/5 (1470 ratings)

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What would happen if a drug could guarantee the birth of male children? The First Century After Beatrice chronicles the events following the development of just such a chemical. The female birth rate drops as the use of the drug spreads, at first clandestinely, from the turn of the 21st century. Women are sold on the black market and men despair facing a future without them. Meanwhile, governments use the drug as a weapon for ethnic cleansing, threatening entire communities with annihilation. Societies crumble as populations tragically justify their xenophobia and take up arms. The First Century After Beatrice is, paradoxically, the lyrical memoir of a French entomologist and intellectual who leads the campaign to eradicate the drug. Interwoven is the story of his love for the two women with whom he shares his life: his companion and lover, Clarence, and their prized daughter, Beatrice.

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: 192 pages

Publication:

Publisher:: Abacus

Edition:

Language:: en-GB

ISBN10:: 0349105995

ISBN13:: 9780349105994

kindle Asin:: 0349105995

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