{"product_id":"ben-in-the-world-the-sequel-to-the-fifth-child-9780060934651","title":"Ben, in the World: The Sequel to the Fifth Child","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFar 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. -- \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe poignant and tragic sequel to Doris Lessing's bestselling novel, THE FIFTH CHILD.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/24\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060934651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2001 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/05\/2001 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Doris Lessing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43672902697141,"sku":"9780060934651","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6c52a2a9-d4aa-4e2a-b48d-6b19c106494e.jpg?v=1709051712","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ben-in-the-world-the-sequel-to-the-fifth-child-9780060934651","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}