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Proper Marriage by Doris Lessing (1995, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100060976632
ISBN-139780060976637
eBay Product ID (ePID)26596
Product Key Features
Book TitleProper Marriage
Number of Pages448 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1995
TopicContemporary Women, American / General, Literary
GenreDrama, Fiction
AuthorDoris Lessing
Book SeriesChildren of Violence Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight12 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN95-033114
Dewey Edition20
TitleLeadingA
ReviewsA totally modern work. Martha Quest is, above all, ironically percieved by the author in whose hands irony is an instrument of compassion., I read the Children of Violence novels and began to understand how a person could write about the problems of the world in a compelling and beautiful way. And it seems to me that as the most important thing I could ever do., One cannot praise the writing too highly...She plays on language as on an instrument with the severe discipline of a professional master., With deceptive simplicity she reveals more about the private depths of mind and soul that perhaps one ought to know., "Very impressive....Portrays modern woman in all her complexity." -- Literary Horizons "One cannot praise the writing too highly...She plays on language as on an instrument with the severe discipline of a professional master." -- Best Seller "A totally modern work. Martha Quest is, above all, ironically percieved by the author in whose hands irony is an instrument of compassion." -- New Republic "I read the Children of Violence novels and began to understand how a person could write about the problems of the world in a compelling and beautiful way. And it seems to me that as the most important thing I could ever do." -- Barbara Kingsolver "With deceptive simplicity she reveals more about the private depths of mind and soul that perhaps one ought to know." -- Daily Telegraph
Series Volume Number2
Dewey Decimal823/.914
SynopsisAn unconventional woman trapped in a conventional marriage, Martha Quest struggles to maintain her dignity and her sanity through the misunderstandings, frustrations, infidelities, and degrading violence of a failing marriage. Finally, she must make the heartbreaking choice of whether to sacrifice her child as she turns her back on marriage and security. A Proper Marriage is the second novel in Doris Lessing's classic Children of Violence series of novels, each a masterpiece on its own right, and, taken together, an incisive and all-encompassing vision of our world in the twentieth century., "A totally modern work. Martha Quest is, above all, ironically percieved by the author in whose hands irony is an instrument of compassion." -- New Republic An unconventional woman trapped in a conventional marriage, Martha Quest struggles to maintain her dignity and her sanity through the misunderstandings, frustrations, infidelities, and degrading violence of a failing marriage. Finally, she must make the heartbreaking choice of whether to sacrifice her child as she turns her back on marriage and security. A Proper Marriage is the second novel in Doris Lessing's classic Children of Violence series of novels, each a masterpiece on its own right, and, taken together, an incisive and all-encompassing vision of our world in the twentieth century.
LC Classification NumberPR6023.E833P76 1995
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