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Lessing, Doris May

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ISBN 10: 0060831413 ISBN 13: 9780060831417

Casa editrice: Perennial, 2006

Riassunto

A collection of literary essays and criticism by the award-winning author of The Golden Notebook and The Sweetest Dream includes her reviews of classic books, commentaries on world politics, and insights into the role of personal experience in the creation of literature. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“Refreshing and invigorating... An invaluable collection..” (Los Angeles Times Book Review)

“Lessing has a first-rate critical mind. Her social and political observations are acute.” (Miami Herald)

“There’s much to enjoy in this collection of essays.” (New York Times Book Review)

“A clarion call . . . Declaimed in Lessing’s brisk, wry voice and articulated with pragmatic intelligence.” (Publishers Weekly)

“Full of that sympathy for the human condition that informs her fiction... Each of these pieces is worth reading.” (The Times (London))

“In these pieces, we hear the tough, uncompromising... courageous voice that has made Lessing an icon for freedom of thought.” (Elaine Showalter, Times Literary Supplement (London))

“Remarkably cohesive . . . one comes away with a real sense of who Lessing is. . . . [A] humane and truly internationalist book.” (Peter Parker, Sunday Times (London))

“Eloquent, worthy essays.” (Seattle Times)

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: Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0060831413
• ISBN 13: 9780060831417
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 376