An old Roman senator, contemplative at his late stage of life, embarks on what will likely 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, confined within the valley of an overshadowing mountain. The Clefts have no need, or knowledge, of men — childbirth is controlled, like the tides that lap around their feet, through the cycles of the moon, and their children are always... Celý popis
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The Cleft - Doris Lessing
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An old Roman senator, contemplative at his late stage of life, embarks on what will likely 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, confined within the valley of an overshadowing mountain. The Clefts have no need, or knowledge, of men — childbirth is controlled, like the tides that lap around their feet, through the cycles of the moon, and their children are always female. But with the unheralded birth of a strange, new child — a boy — the harmony of their c
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Žánr | beletrie |
Rok vydání | 2008 |
Nakladatelství | HarperCollins |
Autor | Doris Lessing |
Počet stran | 288 |
Výrobce | Harper Collins Publishers |
Vazba | Brožovaná |
Jazyk | anglické |
Váha | 181 gramů |
ISBN | 0007233442 |