The Fifth Child

Doris Lessing

Original title: The fifth child

first published 1988 Langensch.-Hachette, M, 1992 paperback

Heyne allgemeine Reihe 8126

A self-satisfied couple intent on raising a happy family is shocked by the birth of an abnormal and brutal fifth child.

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Il quinto figlio edition · 2020 · Feltrinelli · 9788807893247
Beşinci Çocuk paperback · 2019 · Delidolu · 168 pages · 9786052349519
Beşinci Çocuk paperback · 2019 · Deli Dolu · 168 pages · 9786052349793
The Fifth Child audiobook · 2016 · Brilliance Audio · 9781522613794
Fifth Child edition · 2012 · HarperCollins Publishers Limited · 9780007381654
The fifth child paperback · 2010 · Vintage · 144 pages · 9780679721826
The Fifth Child (Vintage International) edition · 2010 · Vintage · 146 pages · 9780307777645
Al cincilea copil edition · 2008 · Polirom · 195 pages · 9789734611065
El quinto hijo paperback · 2008 · DEBOLSILLO · 160 pages · 9788483468203
Pi͡atyĭ rebenok edition · 2008 · Domino · 254 pages · 9785699256402
Piąte dziecko edition · 2007 · Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy · 141 pages · 9788306031225
Tasŏt' tchae a-i edition · 2007 · Minŭmsa · 191 pages · 9788937460272

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