Name: Doris Lessing: Stories (Everyman's Library (Everyman's Library)) (in English)
Price: 22.40 USD
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Author: Doris Lessing
ISBN: 9780307269881

portada Doris Lessing: Stories (Everyman's Library (Everyman's Library)) (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Doris Lessing

Publisher

Everymans Lib

Year

2008

Language

English

Pages

655

Format

Hardcover

Weight

ISBN

0307269884

ISBN13

9780307269881

Doris Lessing: Stories (Everyman's Library (Everyman's Library)) (in English)

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Synopsis "Doris Lessing: Stories (Everyman's Library (Everyman's Library)) (in English)"

(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)This wide-ranging collection of the stories by the renowned Nobel Laureate—spanning more than two decades of her astonishing career—highlights her singular gifts for portraying the complex lives of men and women in a modern, often alienating world.Included are seminal stories like “To Room Nineteen,” in which a woman reacts against the oppression of her banal marriage with dreadful results; “One off the Short List,” which traces the surprising conclusion to a seduction gone awry; “The Habit of Loving,” in which a lonely older man who takes a vivacious, young wife witnesses an unexpected reversal of intimacy. Here are two classic novellas as well: The Temptation of Jack Orkney and The Other Woman, which exemplify Lessing’s grasp of the most essential human psychology. Rich and various in mood and background—the settings range across England and France—these stories powerfully convey the uncompromising insight, intelligence, and vision of one of the most ardently admired writers of our time.

Doris Lessing

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(Irán, 1919 - Londres, 2013). Escritora inglesa nacida en Irán. En 1924 su familia se trasladó a Zimbabwe, allí vivió su infancia y juventud en una granja. Abandonó el Instituto a los catorce años para iniciar una formación autodidacta. Premio Nobel de Literatura 2007. Su contacto y amor por África constituyó la narrativa de algunas de sus novelas; el tema de la emancipación de la mujer abunda también en su obra de ficción. También incursionó en el terreno de la fantasía como ángulo de observación de la condición humana. El cuaderno dorado (1962) es su obra más famosa.

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