The Cleft

Lessing, Doris

ISBN 10: 0007233442 / ISBN 13: 9780007233441

Published by Perennial, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Cleft
• Publisher: Perennial
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007233442
• ISBN 13: 9780007233441
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date :2008-01-07 Pages: 288 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins UK Doris Lessing. winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. invites us to imagine a mythical society free from sexual intrigue. free from jealousy. free from petty rivalries: a society free from men.An old Roman senator embarks on what may be his last endeavour: the retelling of the story of human creation He recounts the history of the Clefts. an ancient community of women living in an Edenic. coastal wilderness. . in the valley of an overshadowing mountain The Clefts have no need. or knowledge. of men -. childbirth is controlled through the cycles of the moon. and their children are always female But with the birth of a strange. new child -. a boy - the harmony of their community is thrown into jeopardy.At first. the Clefts are awestruck by this seemingly malformed child. but as more and ...

About the Author

Doris Lessing, winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature, is one of the most celebrated and distinguished writers of our time. She lives in north London.