A classic tale from Doris Lessing, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007, of a family torn apart by the arrival of Ben, their feral fifth child. 'Listening to the laughter, the sounds of children playing, Harriet and David would reach for each other's hand, and smile, and breathe happiness.' Four children, a beautiful old house, the love of relatives and friends, Harriet and David Lovatt's life is a glorious hymn to domestic bliss and old-fashioned family values. But when their fifth child is born, a sickly and implacable shadow is cast over this tender idyll. Large and ugly, violent and uncontrollable, the infant Ben, 'full of cold dislike', tears at Harriet's breast. Struggling to care for her new-born child, faced with a darkness and a strange defiance she has never known before, Harriet is deeply afraid of what, exactly, she has brought into the world!
万事令人厌烦,人不可能说尽。眼看,看不饱;耳听,听不足。已有之事,后必有之;已行之事,后必再行。日光之下,并无新事。 ——《旧约 传道书》 即使知道自己的执拗与自私已经深深伤害到了丈夫和父母,可她仍旧坚持从...
评分万事令人厌烦,人不可能说尽。眼看,看不饱;耳听,听不足。已有之事,后必有之;已行之事,后必再行。日光之下,并无新事。 ——《旧约 传道书》 即使知道自己的执拗与自私已经深深伤害到了丈夫和父母,可她仍旧坚持从...
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