A study of a man beyond the verge of a nervous breakdown, this is a brilliant and disturbing novel by Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.[...]

Two friends, two sons, two shocking and intense love affairs . . .Roz and Lil have been best friends since childhood. But their bond stretches beyond familiar bounds when these middle-aged mothers fall in love with each other's teenage sons--taboo-shattering passions that last for years, until the w[...]

Doris Lessing reissue with new jacket.

Harriet and David Lovatt want the same things - fidelity, love, family life and above all a permanent home. Stubbornly out of line with the fashions of the 1960s they decide to marry and lay down the foundations of their haven in a rambling Victo[...]

The fourth book in the Nobel Prize for Literature winner's 'Children of Violence' series tracing the life of Martha Quest from her childhood in colonial Africa to old age in post-nuclear Britain.[...]

This study examines the writing career of the respected and prolific novelist Doris Lessing, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007.Whereas earlier assessments have focused on Lessing's relationship with feminism and the impact of her 1962 novel, The Golden Notebook, this book argues[...]

An intense exploration of the life and works of Doris Lessing and how their themes are reflected in the writer's own life.Free Woman begins at a wedding and ends in the African bush. This is a memoir of Feigel's own journey as a writer, which becomes enmeshed with that of Doris Lessing. Co-opting a [...]

Harriet og David bestemmer seg for å gå mot strømmen med fri sex og fri oppdragelse og i stedet skape et lykkelig hjem for en stor barneflokk.Doris Lessing i Aftenposten 28. mars 1989, da Det femte barnet utkom på norsk:«For tre år siden foretok jeg en reise til de afghanske flyktningleirene i[...]

Doris Lessings debutroman Gräset sjunger från 1950 blev mycket uppmärksammad. Den handlar om en maktkamp på många plan mellan två förlorare: den naiva och olyckliga vita farmarfrun Mary och hennes svarte tjänare Moses. Denna psykologiska och politiska roman kulminerar med ett mord. Tragedin,[...]

Nobelpristagare 2007

Bra giftär andra delen i romansviten Våldets barn om Martha Quest.

Bra gifthandlar om Martha Quests första äktenskap i Sydrhodesia, nuvarande Zimbabwe, sedan andra världskriget brutit ut. Nitton år gammal gifter hon sig med den välanpassade kolonialtjänstem[...]