{"product_id":"the-cleft-9780060834876","title":"The Cleft","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Doris Lessing, \"one of the most important writers of the past hundred years\" (\u003cem\u003eTimes\u003c\/em\u003e of London), comes a brilliant, darkly provocative alternative history of humankind's beginnings.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the last years of his life, a Roman senator retells the history of human creation and reveals the little-known story of the Clefts, an ancient community of women living in an Edenic coastal wilderness. The Clefts have neither need nor knowledge of men; childbirth is controlled through the cycles of the moon, and they bear only female children. But with the unheralded birth of a strange new child--a boy--the harmony of their community is suddenly thrown into jeopardy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this fascinating and beguiling novel, Lessing confronts the themes that inspired much of her early writing: how men and women manage to live side by side in the world and how the troublesome particulars of gender affect every aspect of our existence. \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 01\/29\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060834876\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/17\/2008 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Doris Lessing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42607839051957,"sku":"9780060834876","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b8535d3f-1353-43c8-ae42-d1677c8d7367.jpg?v=1674573130","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-cleft-9780060834876","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}