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THE FIFTH CHILD

THE FIFTH CHILD

THE FIFTH CHILD
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THE FIFTH CHILD

by Lessing, Doris

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ISBN 10
0394571053
ISBN 13
9780394571058
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New York, New York, U.S.A. : Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 'Listening to the laughter, the sounds of children playing, Harriet and David would reach for each other's hand, and smile, and breathe happiness.' Four children, a beautiful old house, the love of relatives and friends, Harriet and David Lovatt's life is a glorious hymn to domestic bliss and old-fashioned family values. But when their fifth child is born, a sickly and implacable shadow is cast over this tender idyll. Large and ugly, violent and uncontrollable, the infant Ben, 'full of cold dislike,' tears at Harriet's breast. Struggling to care for her new-born child, faced with a darkness and a strange defiance she has never known before, Harriet is deeply afraid of what, exactly, she has brought into the world Fine, unread, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust cover. [Not remainder-arked or price-clipped] OFC 2F

Synopsis

Doris Lessing was born of British parents in Persia, in 1919, and moved with her family to Southern Rhodesia when she was five years old. She went to England in 1949 and has lived there ever since. She is the author of more than thirty books—novels, stories, reportage, poems, and plays. In 2007, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Bookseller
Joe Staats, Bookseller US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
024038
Title
THE FIFTH CHILD
Author
Lessing, Doris
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st Edition 1st Printing
ISBN 10
0394571053
ISBN 13
9780394571058
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published
1988
Pages
133
Size
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Product_type
2

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