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 Clefts have neither need nor knowledge of men; childbirth is controlled through the cycles of the moon, and they bear onl...
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 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. </p>
In 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. </p>
一切归零
南京大学出版社2008版
0 有用 Leo.M 2012-04-19 17:37:32
视角很独特。蛮多地方木有看懂⋯⋯TAT
0 有用 谷雨 2012-03-01 17:27:17
另一个角度的尝试。。。
0 有用 chough 2009-09-08 13:29:26
很有意思 很有意思 真的很有意思
0 有用 有方騅馬 2023-10-25 17:41:34 浙江
假装读过
0 有用 鱼皮 2012-11-26 11:08:44
man always leave, woman always stay.