Book #29844

Ben, in the World - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

Doris Lessing
Book #29844 Ben, in the World - 1st US Edition/1st Printing. Doris Lessing.
Ben, in the World - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
Ben, in the World - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
Ben, in the World - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
Ben, in the World - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First US Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2000.
ISBN: 0060196289

A beautiful, unread first printing of the first US edition in Fine condition in alike dustjacket. SIGNED by author and Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing directly on the title page.

The sequel to The Fifth Child. Ben is now eighteen and must become part of the world even though he can never fit it. He is too huge and awkward, too strange. Alone and estranged from his family, he travels to London, France, Brazil and the Andes, searching for his people and a reason for his being. How will the world receive him and how will he fare? ; 8vo ; [x], 178, [4] pages; Signed by Author.

Price: $44.30

Author Bio

Doris Lessing

Doris Lessing, born Doris May Tayler in Kermanshah, Persia, October 22, 1919 is a British writer and author of works such as the novels The Grass is Singing and The Golden Notebook.
In 2007, Lessing won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Lessing is the oldest person ever to win this award. Doris Lessing passed away on November 17, 2013.

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