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Afterland is a 2020 science fiction novel by South African writer Lauren Beukes. It takes place during "Manfall", a 2020 pandemic which has killed off almost all the world's men. Three years later In the United States, Cole and her twelve-year-old son, Miles are trying to flee to their home in South Africa. Miles is one of the few surviving males, and is sought after by US government researchers and boy traffickers. Afterland was first published as an ebook in South Africa in April 2020 by Umuzi, an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa, in the United Kingdom in May 2020 by Penguin Books, and in the United States in July 2020 by Mulholland Books. The first print editions of the book were published in September 2020 in the United Kingdom by Michael Joseph, and in August 2021 in the United States by Mulholland Books. Afterland was translated into French by Laurent Philibert-Caillat and published in France by Albin Michel in January 2022. The book was nominated for the 2021 Nommo Award for Best Speculative Fiction Novel by an African. (en) |
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