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Informationen zum Autor Doris Lessing was one of the most important writers of the second half of the 20th-century and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007. Her novels include The Grass is Singing , The Golden Notebook and The Good Terrorist . In 2001, Lessing was awarded the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in British literature. In 2008, The Times ranked her fifth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". She died in 2013. Klappentext Assembled here for the first time in book form are the very best occasional writings from the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. 'Doris Lessing has changed the way we think about the world.' Blake Morrison 'Thank goodness for Doris Lessing. While the rest of us flounder about noisily in the muddy waters of life, she never fails to expose with startling clarity the essential folly of our dreams and good intentions.' Kate Chisholm, Evening Standard 'She's up there in the pantheon with Balzac and George Eliot. We're lucky she's still writing.' Lisa Appignanesi, Independent 'She has an extraordinary feeling for the peculiar vulnerabilities of the young and the elderly. And her portraits of human relationships are of quite staggering beauty.' Ruth Scurr, The Times Zusammenfassung Assembled here for the first time in book form are the very best occasional writings from the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Product details

• Authors: Doris Lessing, Doris May Lessing
• Publisher: Harper Perennial UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 17.10.2005
• EAN: 9780007179862
• ISBN: 978-0-00-717986-2
• No. of pages: 376
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Harper Collins Paperbacks; Harper Collins Paperbacks
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Literary, Prose: non-fiction, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Short Stories, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Literary essays, Biography and non-fiction prose, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary