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Fifth Child by Doris Lessing (1989, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-100679721827

ISBN-139780679721826

eBay Product ID (ePID)605583

Product Key Features

Book TitleFifth Child

Number of Pages144 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1989

TopicHorror, Thrillers / Psychological, Family Life, Literary

GenreFiction

AuthorDoris Lessing

Book SeriesVintage International Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight5.1 Oz

Item Length8.1 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN88-040379

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"A hair-raising taleâ€¦as full of twists and shocks as any page turner could desire." Time "Terse and chillingâ€¦. A witch's brew of conflicting fears." The New York Review of Books "A horror story of maternity and the nightmare of social collapseâ€¦. A moral fable of the genre that includes Mary Shelley'sFrankensteinand George Orwell'sNineteen Eighty-Four." The New York Times Book Review, "A hair-raising taleâ€¦as full of twists and shocks as any page turner could desire." - Time "Terse and chillingâ€¦. A witch's brew of conflicting fears." - The New York Review of Books "A horror story of maternity and the nightmare of social collapseâ€¦. A moral fable of the genre that includes Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four ." - The New York Times Book Review, "A hair-raising tale...as full of twists and shocks as any page turner could desire." -- Time "Terse and chilling.... A witch's brew of conflicting fears." -- The New York Review of Books "A horror story of maternity and the nightmare of social collapse.... A moral fable of the genre that includes Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four ." -- The New York Times Book Review

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Dewey Decimal823.9/14

SynopsisDoris Lessing's contemporary gothic horror story--centered on the birth of a baby who seems less than human--probes society's unwillingness to recognize its own brutality.Harriet and David Lovatt, parents of four children, have created an idyll of domestic bliss in defiance of the social trends of late 1960s England. While around them crime and unrest surge, the Lovatts are certain that their old-fashioned contentment can protect them from the world outside--until the birth of their fifth baby. Gruesomely goblin-like in appearance, insatiably hungry, abnormally strong and violent, Ben has nothing innocent or infant-like about him. As he grows older and more terrifying, Harriet finds she cannot love him, David cannot bring himself to touch him, and their four older children are afraid of him. Understanding that he will never be accepted anywhere, Harriet and David are torn between their instincts as parents and their shocked reaction to this fierce and unlovable child whose existence shatters their belief in a benign world.

LC Classification NumberPR6023.E833F54 1989