The fifth child
Auteur(s) Lessing, Doris (1919-2013)
Titre(s) The fifth child : novel / Doris Lessing.
Editeur(s) New York : Harper et Collins, 2007.
Résumé The married couple in this novel pull off a remarkable achievement: They purchase a three-story house with oodles of bedrooms, and, on a middle-class income, in the '70s, fill it to the brim with happy children and visiting relatives. Their holiday gatherings are sumptuous celebrations of life and togetherness. And then the fifth child arrives. He's just a child--he's not supernatural. But is he really human? This is an elegantly written tale that the New York Times called "a horror story of maternity and the nightmare of social collapse...
Note(s) Texte en anglais.
Sujet(s)
Anglais (langue) ** Romans
Précisions 1 vol. (159 p.) 20 cm
ISBN 978-0-586-08903-3
Titre(s) The fifth child : novel / Doris Lessing.
Editeur(s) New York : Harper et Collins, 2007.
Résumé The married couple in this novel pull off a remarkable achievement: They purchase a three-story house with oodles of bedrooms, and, on a middle-class income, in the '70s, fill it to the brim with happy children and visiting relatives. Their holiday gatherings are sumptuous celebrations of life and togetherness. And then the fifth child arrives. He's just a child--he's not supernatural. But is he really human? This is an elegantly written tale that the New York Times called "a horror story of maternity and the nightmare of social collapse...
Note(s) Texte en anglais.
Sujet(s)
Anglais (langue) ** Romans
Précisions 1 vol. (159 p.) 20 cm
ISBN 978-0-586-08903-3
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| Titre | Situation | Support | Cote | N° partie | Section |
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| The fifth child | En rayon | Livre | R LES F | Adultes |