by Doris Lessing · Flamingo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780582060210
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«The Fifth Child» is Doris Lessing's gothic horror novel, published in paperback (168 pages, in English).
In late-1960s England, Harriet and David Lovatt have formed a happy, large family; the birth of their fifth child, Ben, changes everything. The boy has a disturbing appearance, extraordinary strength, and violent behaviour that terrifies his siblings. The novel explores the fear of the unknown and the nature of evil.
«The Fifth Child», first instalment of the «Ben Lovatt» series, was originally published in 1988; this edition dates from 1991 and belongs to the «New Longman Literature» collection.
For students of the British system (GCSE/Key Stage 4), includes introduction, pre-reading activities, notes and coursework.
Doris May Lessing was a British novelist – sometimes identified as Rhodesian early in her career – and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007. Lessing was born to British parents in Qajar Iran, where she lived until she was 6 in 1925. Her family then moved to Southern Rhodesia, where she remained until moving to London, England, in 1949. Her novels include The Grass Is Singing (1950), the sequence of five novels collectively called Children of Violence (1952–1969), The Golden Notebook (1962), The Good Terrorist (1985), and five novels collectively known as Canopus in Argos: Archives (1979–1983).
