「海蕊與大衛只要聆聽孩子的笑聲與玩耍的聲音，就會握住彼此的手，相視而笑，呼吸著快樂的氣息。」擁有四個孩子、一棟美麗的老房子與親友的愛，海蕊與大衛．駱維特的生活，像一首禮讚居家幸福與老派家庭價值觀的詩歌。但第五個孩子出生後，令人不快、無法消除的陰影開始籠罩這個溫馨、快樂的家園。小嬰兒「班」又大又醜、性情粗暴、難以控制，他冷酷嫌惡地撕扯母親的乳房。面對不曾經驗過的黑暗與奇特反抗，海蕊內心掙扎，深懷恐懼地照顧這個新生兒，不知道自己帶到人間的是什麼......。小說大師多麗絲．萊辛運用恐怖小說的結構模式，寫出令人毛骨悚然又欲罷不能的故事《第五個孩子》，探討面臨黑暗力量時，人性的正面與負面。有別於懸疑、刺激、暴力、性等刻板化描述，作者用一個正常家庭如何對待異於常人的小孩，闡述邪惡的本質，直指人性幽微處，勾勒出共同的不安、惶恐與困惑，充滿戲劇張力，令人不寒而慄。
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Doris May Lessing, CH (née Tayler; 22 October 1919 – 17 November 2013) was a British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer. Her novels include The Grass Is Singing (1950), the sequence of five novels collectively called Children of Violence (1952–69), The Golden Notebook (1962), The Good Terrorist (1985), and five novels collectively known as Canopus in Argos: Archives (1979–1983).Lessing was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. In awarding the prize, the Swedish Academy described her as "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny".[2] Lessing was the eleventh woman and the oldest person ever to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.[3][4][5]In 2001, Lessing was awarded the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in British literature. In 2008, The Times ranked her fifth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".[6]
