African Laughter

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext A highly personal story of the eminent British writer returning to her African roots that is "brilliant . . . [and] captures the contradictions of a young country."-- New York Times Book Review Zusammenfassung A highly personal story of the eminent British writer returning to her African roots that is "brilliant . . . [and] captures the contradictions of a young country." — New York Times Book Review A rich and penetrating portrait of Lessing's homeland, African Laughter recounts the visits she made to Zimbabwe in 1982, 1988, 1989, and 1992, after being exiled from the old Southern Rhodesia for 25 years for her opposition to the minority white government. Lessing uses memory and reminiscence with recent experience to depict a country in the process of change.

Product details

• Authors: Doris Lessing, Doris May Lessing, Lessing Doris
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 14 to 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.1993
• EAN: 9780060924331
• ISBN: 978-0-06-092433-1
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 196 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > World, Arctic, Antarctic; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Literary Figures, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, WOMEN'S STUDIES: MEMOIR & BIO, HISTORY: Essays, LITERARY CRITICISM: Shakespeare, LITERARY CRITICISM: Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY: Modern / 20th Century / General