The Grandmothers: Four Short Novels - Rilegato

Lessing, Doris May

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ISBN 10: 0060530103 ISBN 13: 9780060530105

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 2004

Riassunto

With the four short novels in this collection, Doris Lessing once again proves that she is unrivalled in her ability to capture the truth of the human condition.

The Grandmothers

Two women, close friends, fall in love with each other's teenage sons, and these passions last for years, until the women end them, promising a respectable old age.

Victoria and the Staveneys

A poor black girl has a baby with the son of a liberal middle-class family and finds that her little girl is slowly being absorbed into the world of white privilege and becoming estranged from her.

The Reason for It

Certain to appeal to fans of Shikasta and Memoirs of a Survivor, it describes the birth, flourishing, and decline of a culture long, long ago, but with many modern echoes.

A Love Child

A soldier in World War II, during the dangerous voyage to India around the Cape, falls in love on shore leave and remains convinced that a love child resulted from the wartime romance.

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Recensione:

“[Lessing] has never written better.” (New York Times Book Review)

“A LOVE CHILD possesses both a palpable immediacy and a haunting afterlife.” (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times)

“The four pieces that make up The Grandmothers are masterpieces of artistry and intellect.” (San Francisco Chronicle Book Review)

“Stunning ... showing Lessing’s trademark incisiveness.” (Vogue)

“Lessing is without peer.” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

“A brilliantly written book ... Lessing is at the top of her game.” (Library Journal (starred))

“Powerful... beautifully realized.” (Miami Herald)

L'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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• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0060530103
• ISBN 13: 9780060530105
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 420