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008			950412s1994 enk 000 1 eng
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050	0	0	_aPQ3979.2.M28 _bP7413 1994
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082	0	0	_a843 _220
100	1		_aMaalouf, Amin _93750 _eaut.
240	1	0	_aPremier siècle après Béatrice. _lEnglish
245	1	4	_aThe first century after Beatrice / _cAmin Maalouf ; translated by Dorothy S. Blair.
260			_aLondon : _bAbacus, _c1994.
300			_a192 p. ; _c20 cm.
520			_aA French entomologist, attending a symposium in Cairo, finds a cruious kind of bean being on a market stall. It is claimed the beans, derived from the scarab beetle, have magic powers; specifically the power to guarantee the brith of a male infant - and when the entomologist does some research in to the matter, discovering the incidence of female birth has become increasingly rare, he is left in no doubt that the world has entered intoa critical phase of its history.As this beloved daughter Beatrice approaches maturity, the entomologist and his partner question the validity of gender bias, and attempt to redress the growing imbalance before it reaches irreversible proportions. But in the poverty and famine of the South, where male children can mean the difference between survival and starvation, the popularity of the scarab beans is already taking devastating effect.
546	1		_aContingut en anglès.
650		7	_2lemac _97651 _aPoblació _xFicció _ySegle XXI
650		0	_97642 _aLiteratura i societat _ySegle XXI
655		0	_9406 _aLITERATURA _fLITERATURE _iLITERATURA
655		0	_9321 _aSOCIEDAD _fSOCIETY _iSOCIETAT
655		0	_914339 _aSIGLO XXI _f21st CENTURY _iSEGLE XXI
700	1		_aBlair, Dorothy S. _915352 _etrad.
901			_aRevisat
906			_a7 _bcbc _corignew _d3 _encip _f19 _gy-gencatlg
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