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Ben, in the world / Doris Lessing

By:

Lessing, Doris May, 1919 - 2013

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Publication details: New York : Harper Collins Publishers , 2000Edition: 1st editionDescription: 178 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780060196288

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Bildungsromans

DDC classification:

FIC LES

Summary: At eighteen, Ben is in the world, but not of it. He is too large, too awkward, too inhumanly made. Now estranged from his family, he must find his own path in life. From London and the south of France to Brazil and the mountains of the Andes. Ben is tossed about in a tumultuous search for his people, a reason for his being. How the world receives him, and, he fares in it will horrify and captivate until the novel's dramatic finale.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC LES (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		047303

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At eighteen, Ben is in the world, but not of it. He is too large, too awkward, too inhumanly made. Now estranged from his family, he must find his own path in life. From London and the south of France to Brazil and the mountains of the Andes. Ben is tossed about in a tumultuous search for his people, a reason for his being. How the world receives him, and, he fares in it will horrify and captivate until the novel's dramatic finale.

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