Un racconto classico di Doris Lessing, vincitrice del premio Nobel per la letteratura, di una famiglia dilaniata dall'arrivo di Ben, il loro selvaggio quinto figlio. 'Ascoltando le risate, i suoni dei bambini che giocavano, Harriet e David si prendevano per mano, sorridevano e respiravano felicità'. Quattro figli, una bella casa antica, l'amore di parenti e amici: la vita di Harriet e David Lovatt è un glorioso inno alla felicità domestica e ai valori familiari tradizionali. Ma quando nasce il loro quinto figlio, un'ombra malaticcia e implacabile si proietta su questo tenero idillio. Grande e brutto, violento e incontrollabile, il neonato Ben, 'pieno di fredda antipatia', piange sul seno di Harriet. Lottando per prendersi cura del suo neonato, di fronte a un'oscurità e a una strana sfida che non aveva mai conosciuto prima, Harriet ha una profonda paura di ciò che, esattamente, ha portato al mondo.
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Doris Lessing was one of the most important writers of the second half of the 20th-century and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007. Her novels include The Grass is Singing, The Golden Notebook and The Good Terrorist. In 2001, Lessing was awarded the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in British literature. In 2008, The Times ranked her fifth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". She died in 2013.
’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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Paperback. Condizione: Good. A classic tale from Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, of a family torn apart by the arrival of Ben, their feral fifth child. Listening to the laughter, the sounds of children playing, Harriet and David would reach for each others hand, and smile, and breathe happiness. Four children, a beautiful old house, the love of relatives and friends Harriet and David Lovatts 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 Harriets 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. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Codice articolo GOR000636173
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