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The Fifth Child
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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"
"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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’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...
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Condition: Como nuevo. : The Fifth Child es una novela de Doris Lessing, publicada por primera vez en 1988. La historia sigue a Harriet y David Lovatt, una pareja que anhela una vida familiar tradicional y numerosa. Sin embargo, el nacimiento de su quinto hijo, Ben, trae consigo caos y terror a sus vidas. Ben es un bebé inusualmente fuerte y agresivo que perturba la armonía familiar y aliena a sus hermanos. A medida que Ben crece, se vuelve más antisocial y violento, lo que lleva a la familia a aislarse de la sociedad. La novela explora temas como el miedo a lo desconocido, la naturaleza del mal y la desintegración de la familia. EAN: 9780582060210 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: The Fifth Child Autor: Doris Lessing Editorial: Flamingo Idioma: en Páginas: 168 Formato: tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2023-08-04-91c74a90
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