The First Century After Beatrice: A Novel by Amin Maalouf - Hardcover

Maalouf, Amin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807613738 ISBN 13: 9780807613733

Publisher: George Braziller, 1995

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

international edition of the leading Beirut daily an-Nahar, and editor in chief of Jeune Afrique. He lives in Paris with his wife and three children.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

About this edition

• Publisher: George Braziller
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0807613738
• ISBN 13: 9780807613733
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192