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Ben,in the World.: the sequel to THE FIFTH CHILD.

Ben,in the World.: the sequel to THE FIFTH CHILD.

Ben,in the World.: the sequel to THE FIFTH CHILD.
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Ben,in the World.: the sequel to THE FIFTH CHILD.

by LESSING**, DORIS:

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ISBN 10
0002261952
ISBN 13
9780002261951
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UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 .] FINE/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,monchrome photographic illustrated front of dw/dj,with blue and white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges slightly aged/tanned,fore - edges similar but to a lesser degree - but both generally clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1- 178pp [paginated]; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,author's notes,acknowledgements and 6pp blanks at the rear. Want more Doris LESSING titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS and MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogues. Ben Lovatt can never fit in.To those he meets,he seems awkward - too big,too strong,inhumanly made.He baffles and he terrifies: those who do not understand him want him locked up.His own mother locked him up; then,guilty,she liberated him.But her unyielding love for him corroded their family; the fifth child broke the home into bits.And now he he is come of age,and again finds himself bewildered and alone.He searches in the faces of of those he meets,to see the hostility there,or the fear,or, more rarely,the kindness.Occasionally,a gentler,less fearful person understands his need,how hard he is trying to fit in.Mostly,people make use of him,and he finds himself in the south of France,in Brazil,and in the mountains of the Andes,where at last he finds out where he has come from,who are his people. 'The Fifth Child' is one of Doris Lessing's most powerful,most haunting books - see my book ID's rja432412 and rja452313.In this sequel,Ben Lovatt is loosed on the wider world: how that world receives him,and how he fares in it, will keep the reader of this novel gripped and on tenterhooks until its dramatic finale. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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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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R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Ben,in the World.: the sequel to THE FIFTH CHILD.
Author
LESSING**, DORIS:
Book Condition
Used - FINE.
Jacket Condition
FINE+.
Quantity Available
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Edition
UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0002261952
ISBN 13
9780002261951
Publisher
FLAMINGO/HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS,2000.
Place of Publication
London
This edition first published
November 2000
Keywords
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