Walking in the Shade: My Autobiography, 1949-1962: Volume Two of My Autobiography--1949-1962 - Rilegato

Lessing, Doris May

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ISBN 10: 0060182954 ISBN 13: 9780060182953

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 1997

Riassunto

In the second volume of her autobiography, Lessing details her membership in the Communist Party in London, her bohemian lifestyle in the 1950s, views on relationships, attitudes of men toward women, love, and sex, and profiles of such famous as people as Nelson Algren, Henry Kissinger, and others.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature, Doris Lessing was one of the most celebrated and distinguished writers of our time, the recipient of a host of international awards. She wrote more than thirty books—among them the novels Martha Quest, The Golden Notebook, and The Fifth Child. She died in 2013.

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Doris Lessing joined the Communist Party in London, and here she explores the allure Communism held for artists, intellectuals, and social reformist idealists in the '50s. A fascinating meditation on the psychological, sociological and historical roots of a generation's behavior, Lessing offers insight into the ideological and political madness of the post-war era.

Lessing also evokes the bohemian life she led in post-war London: her work in the theater, her romantic liaisons, her books, her single parenting and the tenor and texture of life in the '50s. Among those who appear in these pages are Clancy Sigal, Nelson Algren, Henry Kissinger, Kenneth Tynan and Bertrand Russell, to name a few. She muses at length about the relationships between men and women, offering provocative insights into the attitudes of American men toward sex, women and love.

The last section of the memoir describes the writing of her most famous novel, The Golden Notebook. It offers a fascinating account of the creative process by which a literary masterpiece is conceived and executed.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0060182954
• ISBN 13: 9780060182953
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 404
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Simone Casetta; 0039 275422215; casetta@mondadori.it; ; Via Mondadori 1,; Segrate Milano; 20090; Italia