The Cleft Condition:Very Good high up in Zuckerman's barn

high up in Zuckerman's barn

And who knows

South Asian literature has gained an immense global popularity unique among postcolonial literatures

Remarkably informed and wide-ranging

The Cleft Condition:Very Good high up in Zuckerman's barnDoris Lessing invites us to imagine a mythical society free from sexual intrigue, free from jealousy, free from petty rivalries: a society free from men. An old Roman senator, contemplative at his late stage of life, embarks on what will likely be his last endeavour: the retelling of the story of human creation. He recounts the history of the Clefts, an ancient community of women living in an Edenic, coastal wilderness, confined within the valley of