{"product_id":"the-cleft-paperback-1","title":"The Cleft - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDoris Lessing\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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 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\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the last years of his life, a Roman senator embarks on one final epic endeavor, a retelling of the history of human creation. The story he relates is the little-known saga of the Clefts, an ancient community of women with no knowledge of nor need for men. Childbirth was controlled through the cycles of the moon, and only female offspring were born--until the unanticipated event that jeopardized the harmony of their close-knit society: the strange, unheralded birth of a \u003cem\u003eboy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e--Elsbeth Lindner, Miami Herald\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the last years of his life, a Roman senator embarks on one final epic endeavor, a retelling of the history of human creation. The story he relates is the little-known saga of the Clefts, an ancient community of women with no knowledge of nor need for men. Childbirth was controlled through the cycles of the moon, and only female offspring were born--until the unanticipated event that jeopardized the harmony of their close-knit society: the strange, unheralded birth of a \u003cem\u003eboy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 14, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42136011505799,"sku":"9780060834876","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/614d2fa439fcb02ded0b37cb040fc28a_d7f86039-cf4f-43a2-a20c-9e21e47675ec.webp?v=1732653499","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-cleft-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}