Stories: Introduction by Margaret Drabble

Lessing, Doris

ISBN 10: 0307269884 / ISBN 13: 9780307269881

Editore: Everyman s Library, 2008

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Titolo: Stories: Introduction by Margaret Drabble

Casa editrice: Everyman s Library

Data di pubblicazione: 2008

Legatura: Rilegato

Condizione: New

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This wide-ranging collection of the stories by the renowned Nobel Laureate—spanning more than two decades of her astonishing career—highlights her singular gifts for portraying the complex lives of men and women in a modern, often alienating world.

Included are seminal stories like “To Room Nineteen,” in which a woman reacts against the oppression of her banal marriage with dreadful results; “One off the Short List,” which traces the surprising conclusion to a seduction gone awry; “The Habit of Loving,” in which a lonely older man who takes a vivacious, young wife witnesses an unexpected reversal of intimacy. Here are two classic novellas as well: The Temptation of Jack Orkney and The Other Woman, which exemplify Lessing’s grasp of the most essential human psychology. Rich and various in mood and background—the settings range across England and France—these stories powerfully convey the uncompromising insight, intelligence, and vision of one of the most ardently admired writers of our time.

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“Lessing is the great realist writer of our time.” —Diane Johnson, The New York Times Book Review