Name: The Fifth Sally
SKU: 53533661
Price: 260.00 ZAR
Availability: InStock
Author: Daniel Keyes
ISBN: 9781473223790

Type

Physical Book

Author

Daniel Keyes

Publisher

W&N

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

336

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781473223790

The Fifth Sally

Daniel Keyes (Author) · W&N · Paperback

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Synopsis "The Fifth Sally "

The powerful, moving and turbulent novel of Sally Porter and the multiple personalities she has no idea she lives with... From the award-winning bestselling author of FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON: 'Heartbreaking, and utterly, completely brilliant' GUARDIANSally Porter is perfectly 'ordinary'. A waitress, divorcee, and loner in the great city. But, though she is unaware of it, she is also four other, quite different people: Nola, the cold independent artist who has a studio in Greenwich Village; Derry, the happy-go-lucky tomboy; Bella, the highly-sexed live wire with a talent for singing and dancing; and finally Jinx, the hate-filled killer. Whenever events put too much of a strain on Sally Porter, she feels a headache and a blackout coming on - and a new character takes over. If there is a man to be fascinated, she will become Bella. If there is an intellectual problem, she will become Nola. And - as happens in the opening scene of the novel - if there is a rapist to be dealt with, she becomes the vicious Jinx. It is the task of the wise and patient psychiatrist, Dr. Roger Ash - a man who nevertheless has severe problems of his own - to deal with this case of multiple personality and, through painstaking therapy, to try to fuse the four disparate personalities into "the fifth Sally."

Daniel Keyes

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Daniel Keyes (1927-2014) was an American writer known for his work in science fiction and psychological literature. His most famous work is Flowers for Algernon (1966), a novel that originally started as a short story in 1959 and earned him the prestigious Nebula Award. The story has been adapted multiple times into film and television due to its impact on the genre.

In addition to Flowers for Algernon, Keyes wrote other notable works such as The Minds of Billy Milligan (1981) and The Touch (1968), both exploring the complexity of the human mind. His focus on psychological disorders and intellectual development has kept his work influential in contemporary literature.

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