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Harriet and David marry in England in the 1960s. In spite of the social upheaval around them, they want to build a large, traditional family and buy a country house to house their dream. In the years...

Harriet and David marry in England in the 1960s. In spite of the social upheaval around them, they want to build a large, traditional family and buy a country house to house their dream. In the years that follow, they have four children and slowly weave this cocoon of family warmth and happiness. But the fifth child comes to turn everything upside down: Ben...

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  • Release 23/09/2026
  • Pages Pages 192
  • Cover Cover Soft
  • Translation Translation Efi Tsironi
  • Publisher Publisher Dioptra
Genre: Prose
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Harriet and David marry in England in the 1960s. In spite of the social upheaval around them, they want to build a large, traditional family and buy a country house to house their dream. In the years that follow, they have four children and slowly weave this cocoon of family warmth and happiness. But the fifth child comes to turn everything upside down: Ben is born deformed and unnaturally strong, with bestial and murderous instincts. It quickly becomes clear that no one is safe while he is in the house as well. Harriet and David see everything they have built so far threatened by their own child, a child they do not even know if they can love. In this contemporary horror story, Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing illuminates in a realistic yet horrifying way the darkest sides of parenthood and makes an ironic comment on the “perfect” family, all kinds of social exclusion, as well as the fleeting nature of happiness itself.

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Publisher
Dioptra
Original Title
The Fifth Child
Publishers
Dioptra
Skroutz Book Awards 2026
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Type
Prose
Subtitle
-
Cover
Soft
Number of Pages
192
Release Date
23/09/2026
Publication Date
2026
Dimensions
14x20.5 cm
ISBN-13
9786181003702

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