BEN IN THE WORLD (SIGNED)

LESSING, DORIS

ISBN 10: 0060196289 / ISBN 13: 9780060196288

Published by Harper, 2000

About this Item

HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 2000. First Edition. An As New copy in black boards with gilt spine lettering in an As New illustrated dustwrapper. Book and jacket are pristine. In the predecessor to this book, The Fifth Child, Lessing described the birth of Ben into a happy family with four other children, Because he is so difficult, subsequent events lead to a horror story for all. Here, in the sequel, we find Ben grown up, bewildered and alone. He travels to France, Brazil, and ultimately to the mountains of the Andes, where at least he discovers where he has come from and who his people are. The dramatic finale grips most readers in this strong story by the Nobel Laureate. Lessing has signed this copy on the title page. Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing directly on the title page; The sequel to The Fifth Child. Ben is now eighteen and must become part of the world even though he can never fit it. He is too huge and awkward, too strange. Alone and estranged from his family, he travels to London, France, Brazil and the Andes, searching for his people and a reason for his being. How will the world receive him and how will he fare? First US Edition; First Printing; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 29844 More information about.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: BEN IN THE WORLD (SIGNED)
• Publisher: Harper
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060196289
• ISBN 13: 9780060196288
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Far from resting on her laurels, Lessing goes from strength to strength. Ben's half-human ignorance, paranoia, and rage are magnificently imagined and vividly present on every page. The condition of the outsider has hardly ever before in fiction been portrayed with such raw power and righteous anger. Few, if any, living writers can have explored so many forbidding fictional worlds with such passion and conviction. — Kirkus Reviews

The poignant and tragic sequel to Doris Lessing's bestselling novel, THE FIFTH CHILD.

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.

About the Author

Winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature, Doris Lessing was one of the most celebrated and distinguished writers of our time, the recipient of a host of international awards. She wrote more than thirty books—among them the novels Martha Quest, The Golden Notebook, and The Fifth Child. She died in 2013.