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Book Summary. In the last years of his life, a contemplative Roman senator embarks on one last epic endeavor: to retell the history of human creation and reveal the little-known story of the Clefts, an ancient community of women living in an Edenic coastal wilderness.
The Cleft (2007) is a novel by Doris Lessing. Plot summary. The story is narrated by a Roman historian, during the time of the Emperor Nero. He tells the story as a secret history of humanity's beginnings, as pieced together from scraps of documents and oral histories, passed down through the ages.
Sep 2, 2007 · By Nancy Kline. Sept. 2, 2007. Adam’s rib, my foot. The premise of Doris Lessing’s new novel-as-creation-myth, sparked by “a recent scientific article,” is that “the basic and primal human stock...
Jan 29, 2008 · The Cleft: A Novel. Paperback – January 29, 2008. From Doris Lessing, "one of the most important writers of the past hundred years" (Times of London), comes a brilliant, darkly provocative alternative history of humankind's beginnings.
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A Roman senator tells the story of the Clefts, a group of women who live in a secluded valley and give birth to only daughters. When a boy is born, their world is challenged by the presence of men.
- Novel
- British first edition
- Fourth Estate
- 2007
Aug 2, 2007 · THE CLEFT. by Doris Lessing ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 2, 2007. A dark parable, powerful yet baffling. bookshelf. shop now. One of postcolonial fiction’s brightest lights makes mythic the battle of the sexes. It’s men vs. women. Or, less subtly, “Monsters” vs. “Clefts.”
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The Cleft is a fictional story of a community of women who live in a secluded wilderness and give birth only to girls. A Roman senator recounts their history and the challenges they face when a boy is born among them.
