TITLE:The First Century After Beatrice

PUBLISHER:Abacus

ISBN:9780349105994

DEC-INDEX :843.914

YEAR:2014

RESUME:"The First Century After Beatrice" is a speculative fiction novel written by Amin Maalouf. Set in a not-too-distant future, the story explores themes of technology, ethics, and the consequences of a world without birth. The protagonist of the novel is a geneticist named Adam, who works for a powerful pharmaceutical corporation. In this future society, a medical breakthrough called "the Saadawi-Wong process" has been discovered, allowing people to live indefinitely and eliminating the need for reproduction. Adam's life takes a turn when he is assigned a project to investigate the case of a mysterious illness that affects women who have undergone the Saadawi-Wong process. Through his investigation, Adam discovers that the illness is related to a woman named Beatrice, who lived in the 21st century and played a significant role in the development of the Saadawi-Wong process.

N_PAGES:192

ILLUSTRATION:Non

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