The Fifth Child

Lessing, Doris

ISBN 10: 0394571053 / ISBN 13: 9780394571058

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1988

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Fifth Child
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394571053
• ISBN 13: 9780394571058
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First American Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • British Literature

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Synopsis

Amid the turbulent atmosphere of the late 1960s, Harriet and David Lovatt manage to keep their family safely detached from outside turmoil--until the birth of their fifth child, who is abnormally strong, demanding, even violent

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"

"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