Posted by Steven on 15/10/2007, 11:11:24, in reply to "Doris Lessing" Lessing's most celebrated novel, by a huge margin, is The Golden Notebook, but it is 640 pages long. Of her shorter works, I think the best choice might be The Grass Is Singing (1950, 243 pages). From the back cover: "Set in South Africa under white rule, Doris Lessing's first novel is both a riveting chronicle of human disintegration and a beautifully understated social critique. Mary Turner is a self-confident, independent young woman who becomes the depressed, frustrated wife of an ineffectual, unsuccessful farmer. Little by little the ennui of years on the farm work their slow poison, and Mary's despair progresses until the fateful arrival of an enigmatic and virile black servant, Moses...." --Previous Message--
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I haven't read any of her works. Including one on our list next year is a great idea.
: Doris Lessing won the Nobel Prize.
:
: I read two books of hers: "In Pursuit of the
: English" and a collection of stories, I believe
: it was titled "Room Number Nine".
:
: I loved "In Pursuit of the English", she
: chronicles her adventures after deciding to leave
: South Africa and settle in England.
:
: Room Number Nine had quite a few surreal stories. It
: was interesting but not an extra-ordinary literary
: experience.
:
: I'd like to read another book by her. I will include
: it in my list for 2008. Does anyone have any
: suggestions?
:
: L.
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