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Walking in the Shade Vol. 2 : Volume Two of My Autobiography--1949-1962 by Doris Lessing (1997, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100060182954
ISBN-139780060182953
eBay Product ID (ePID)1138668
Product Key Features
Book TitleWalking in the Shade Vol. 2 : Volume Two of My Autobiography--1949-1962
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1997
TopicWomen, Women Authors, General, Literary, Europe / Great Britain / General
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorDoris Lessing
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight26 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN97-009959
Reviews"Justifies by her extraordinary variety of her achievements, her exceptional memory and her facility as a writer." -- New York Times Book Review "The life she describes is heroic...yet astonishingly full, with political work, writing, friendships, lovers and travel." -- San Francisco Chronicle "The story couldn't be better told. She is there, marvelously urgent, translucently sincere--Doris Lessing in person." -- Washington Post Book World "You can't help but admire her independence of thought and feeling and her willingness to overturn all the precepts upon which her very existence has been predicted." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review "There is heartbreak galore in this book (although there is much that is exciting and good, too)." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal823.9/14
SynopsisDoris Lessing joined the Communist Party in London, and here she explores the allure Communism held for artists, intellectuals, and social reformist idealists in the '50s. A fascinating meditation on the psychological, sociological and historical roots of a generation's behavior, Lessing offers insight into the ideological and political madness of the post-war era. Lessing also evokes the bohemian life she led in post-war London: her work in the theater, her romantic liaisons, her books, her single parenting and the tenor and texture of life in the '50s. Among those who appear in these pages are Clancy Sigal, Nelson Algren, Henry Kissinger, Kenneth Tynan and Bertrand Russell, to name a few. She muses at length about the relationships between men and women, offering provocative insights into the attitudes of American men toward sex, women and love. The last section of the memoir describes the writing of her most famous novel, The Golden Notebook. It offers a fascinating account of the creative process by which a literary masterpiece is conceived and executed., "The life she describes is heroic...yet astonishingly full, with political work, writing, friendships, lovers and travel."-- San Francisco Chronicle The second volume of Doris Lessing's extraordinary autobiography covers the years 1949-62, from her arrival in war-weary London with her son, Peter, and the manuscript for her first novel, The Grass is Singing, under her arm to the publication of her most famous work of fiction, The Golden Notebook. She describes how communism dominated the intellectual life of the 1950s and how she, like nearly all communists, became disillusioned with extreme and rhetorical politics and left communism behind. Evoking the bohemian days of a young writer and single mother, Lessing speaks openly about her writing process, her friends and lovers, her involvement in the theater, and her political activities. Walking in the Shade is an invaluable social history as well as Doris Lessing's Sentimental Education.
LC Classification NumberPR6023.E833Z478 1997
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