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Alfred and Emily by Doris May Lessing
$24.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
The first book after Doris Lessing's Nobel Prize takes her back to her childhood in Southern Africa and the lives, both fictional and factual, that her parents lead. 'I think my father's rage at the trenches took me over, when I was very young, and has never left me. Do children feel their parents' emo ...Show more
Ben, in the World by Doris May Lessing
$22.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
A sequel to one of Lessing's most celebrated novels, 'The Fifth Child'.
Diaries of Sofia Tolstoy by Sofia Tolstoy; Doris Lessing (foreword); Cathy Porter (trans.)
$24.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
When Sofia Behrs married Count Leo Tolstoy, the author of "War and Peace", husband and wife regularly exchanged diaries covering the years from 1862 to 1910. Sofia's life was not an easy one: she idealized her husband, but was tormented by him; even her many children were not an unmitigated blessing. In ...Show more
On Cats by Doris Lessing
$26.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Reading Level: very good
A collection of Doris Lessing's charming and celebrated writings about cats. Doris Lessing's love affair with cats began at a young age, when she became intrigued with the semi-feral creatures on the African farm where she grew up. Her fascination remained undiminished by the handsome domesticated creat ...Show more
The Cleft by Doris Lessing
$27.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
Doris Lessing, one of England's finest living novelists, invites us to imagine a mythical society free from sexual intrigue, free from jealousy, free from petty rivalries: a society free from men.An old Roman senator, contemplative at his late stage of life, embarks on what will likely be his last endea ...Show more
The Cleft by Doris May Lessing
$27.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
Doris Lessing, one of England's finest living novelists, invites us to imagine a mythical society free from sexual intrigue, free from jealousy, free from petty rivalries: a society free from men. An old Roman senator, contemplative at his late stage of life, embarks on what will likely be his last ende ...Show more
The Fifth Child by Doris May Lessing
$23.50 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Paladin Books
A classic tale from Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, of a family torn apart by the arrival of Ben, their feral fifth child. 'Listening to the laughter, the sounds of children playing, Harriet and David would reach for each other's hand, and smile, and breathe happiness.' Four chi ...Show more
The Golden Notebook by Doris May Lessing
$40.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Anna is a writer, author of one very successful novel, who now keeps four notebooks. In one, with a black cover, she reviews the African experience of her earlier years. In a red one she records her political life, her disillusionment with communism. In a yellow one she writes a novel in which the heroi ...Show more
The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing
$28.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Paladin Books | Reading Level: good
The story of the inner and outer life of Anna, a young writer, single mother and member of the Communist Party, struggling with crises both in her domestic and political life, this book was hailed as a landmark by the Women's Movement.