Author | : P. D. James |
File Size | : 51,7 Mb |
Publisher | : Vintage Canada |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 11 January 2012 |
ISBN | : 9780307367716 |
Pages | : 256 pages |
The Children of Men by P. D. James Book PDF Summary
The year is 2021. No child has been born for twenty-five years. The human race faces extinction. Under the despotic rule of Xan Lyppiat, the Warden of England, the old are despairing and the young cruel. Theo Faren, a cousin of the Warden, lives a solitary life in this ominous atmosphere. That is, until a chance encounter with a young woman leads him into contact with a group of dissenters. Suddenly his life is changed irrevocably as he faces agonising choices which could affect the future of mankind. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE