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The Children of Men
de James, P. D
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Good, 1st thus edition (same year as Faber original), unclipped d/j, black boards, white spine titling; text block firm, pages u
- ISBN 10
- 0571167411
- ISBN 13
- 9780571167418
- Librería
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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London: BCA (by arr. Faber & Faber), 1992. 1st thus. hardback. Good, 1st thus edition (same year as Faber original), unclipped d/j, black boards, white spine titling; text block firm, pages unmarked but significant browning and some foxing on edges.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). ONE OF THE BBC'S '100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD'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.
Sinopsis
P. D. James is the author of nineteen books, most of which have been filmed and broadcast on television in the United States and other countries. She spent thirty years in various departments of the British Civil Service, including the Police and Criminal Law Departments of Great Britain’s Home Office. She has served as a magistrate and as a governor of the BBC. In 2000 she celebrated her eightieth birthday and published her autobiography, Time to Be in Earnest . The recipient of many prizes and honors, she was created Baroness James of Holland Park in 1991. She lives in London and Oxford.
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- Librería
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- IYC125567
- Título
- The Children of Men
- Autor
- James, P. D
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardback
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good, 1st thus edition (same year as Faber original), unclipped d/j, black boards, white spine titling; text block firm, pages u
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st thus
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0571167411
- ISBN 13
- 9780571167418
- Editorial
- BCA (by arr. Faber & Faber)
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1992
- Páginas
- 239
- Palabras clave
- 1st, dystopia, thriller, PDJames
- Catálogos del vendedor
- 2nd-hand books;
- X weight
- 0.51 g
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
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