The Children of Men
- Schrijfster: P.D. James (Engeland)
- Soort boek: dystopische thriller
- Taal: Engels
- Eerste uitgave: 1992
- Uitgever heruitgave: Faber & Faber
- Omvang: 352 pagina’s
- Uitgave: Papernack / Ebook
Recensie en waardering van het boek
- “One of the BBC’s ‘100 novels that shaped our world.”
Flaptekst van de dystopische roman van P.D. James
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.