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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Unusual genre for James but assured as ever. (  ) chicjohn | Dec 3, 2009 |  This is a favorite film of mine. The director Cuaron created a deeply layered narrative about a crucial time in the future. What's terrific about the film (and the book, too) is that the future is not stereotypically futuristic. People are the same as they are now, their lifestyles are similar as well. The big differences between now and then are the mass infertility (which gets you to thinking, how would your life change if you knew the human race was expiring) and the politics. People in this future are largely apathetic and they've divorced themselves from govt completely allowing a mild form of tyranny as government. Most, including Theo, seem very self centered. Theo as protagonist evolves both in the movie and the book. The movie is much more hopeful in its portrayal of Theo who starts out as an apathetic drunk but saves the day as a hero in the end. In the book, Theo starts out as unfeeling, cynical and snobbish with his intellect. His attraction to Julian does seem a little contrived but okay, let's accept that. Who Theo is and how Theo's actions will affect things is left ambiguous. I was surprised at the differences between the book and movie but could see how things had been refashioned for a cinematic medium. PD James' book is so totally intellectual and detailed, a lot of inner space, reflection. Movies require action, visuals, movement from here to there. Curaron did a brilliant job converting book to movie, and I can see why James is pleased with the cinematic version. It really stays faithful to the book's themes, even hammers them down more emphatically by switching things around. But all the basic elements of book are in the movie. I loved both! ( )1  macktan894 | Nov 16, 2009 | I liked the movie more; this one sort of winds up before it starts. The beginning is quite brilliant, and it's a good book to bring on a trip. (  ) alissamarie | Oct 25, 2009 | I liked the movie more; this one sort of winds up before it starts. The beginning is quite brilliant, and it's a good book to bring on a trip. ( ) alissamarie | Oct 25, 2009 | I liked the movie more; this one sort of winds up before it starts. The beginning is quite brilliant, and it's a good book to bring on a trip. ( ) alissamarie | Oct 25, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0307279901, Paperback)Told with P. D. James's trademark suspense, insightful characterization, and riveting storytelling, The Children of Men is a story of a world with no children and no future.The human race has become infertile, and the last generation to be born is now adult. Civilization itself is crumbling as suicide and despair become commonplace. Oxford historian Theodore Faron, apathetic toward a future without a future, spends most of his time reminiscing. Then he is approached by Julian, a bright, attractive woman who wants him to help get her an audience with his cousin, the powerful Warden of England. She and her band of unlikely revolutionaries may just awaken his desire to live . . . and they may also hold the key to survival for the human race. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:01 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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