Ben, in the World
by Doris Lessing
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good /Good
- ISBN 10
- 0002261952
- ISBN 13
- 9780002261951
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About This Item
Flamingo. Good. 240mm / 159mm. Hardcover. 2000. 178 pages. Dj worn<br>A sequel to one of Lessing's most celebrate d novels, The Fifth Child. Many will recall the powerful impact T he Fifth Child, Doris Lessing's 1988 novel, made on publication. Its account of idyllic marital and parental bliss irredeemably sh attered by the arrival of the feral fifth child of the Lovatts ma de ... .
Synopsis
At eighteen, Ben is in the world, but not of it. He is too large, too awkward, too inhumanly made. Now estranged from his family, he must find his own path in life. From London and the south of France to Brazil and the mountains of the Andes. Ben is tossed about in a tumultuous search for his people, a reason for his being. How the world receives him, and, he fares in it will horrify and captivate until the novel's dramatic finale.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3124a
- Title
- Ben, in the World
- Author
- Doris Lessing
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0002261952
- ISBN 13
- 9780002261951
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2000
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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