The Sun Between Their Feet (Collected African Stories)

Literature & Fiction

DORIS LESSING

Contemporary

Flamingo

A beautifully produced edition of a new cat tale from Doris Lessing. A new short story from Doris Lessing about an awkwardly loveable old cat, to be produced as a beautiful small-format giftish hardback for the cat-loving part of the Christmas market.

The Old Age of El Magnifico

Paperback. Pages: 304 Language: English Publisher: Flamingo Three acclaimed works for the stage by Doris Lessing. winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.Written from 1950s to the 1970s. the three plays collected here reflect the social and political concerns of the times . and are rich with Doris Lessing's characteristic passion and incisiveness. 'Play with a Tiger' follows the fortunes of Anna and Dave. representatives of the emerging post-war classless society. and their attempts to find a blueprint for living. 'The Singing Door '. written for children. is a highly experimental play. a clever and witty allegorical study of power games.' Each His Own Wilderness' tells the story of Myra. who has fought all her life for the socialist ideal. and who must now come to terms with the fact that despite her best efforts. her son is indifferent to her politics.

PLAY WITH A TIGER AND OTHER PL

Literary

Particularly Cats

This much-acclaimed collection of stories vividly evokes both the grandeur of Africa, the glare of its sun and the wide open space, as well as the great, irresolvable tensions between whites and blacks. Tales of poor white farmers and their lonely wives, of storm air thick with locusts, of ants and pomegranate trees, black servants and the year of hunger in a native village - all combine to present a powerful image of a continent which seems incorruptible in spite of the people who plough, mine and plunder it to make their living. In Doris Lessing's own words, 'Africa gives you the knowledge that man is a small creature, among other creatures, in a large landscape.'

The Sun Between Their Feet

From Doris Lessing, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, one of her finest collections of short stories. Doris Lessing is unrivalled in her ability to capture the truth from the complexities of relationships and the stories in this wonderful collection have lost none of their original power. Two marriages, both middle class, liberal and 'rather literary', share a shocking flaw, a secret 'cancer'. A young, beautiful woman from a working class family is courted by a very eligible, very upmarket man. An ageing actress falls in love for the first time but can only express her feelings through her stage performances because her happily married lover is unobtainable. A dedicated, lifelong rationalist is tempted, after the death of his father, by the comforts of religious belief. In this magnificent collection of stories, which spans four decades, Doris Lessing's unique gift for observation, her wit, her compassion and remarkable ability to illuminate the complexities of human life are all remarkably displayed.

The Temptation of Jack Orkney: Collected Stories, Vol. 2 (Flamingo Modern Classics)

Mara and Dann

Paperback. Pub Date :2001-04-02 Pages: 192 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins UK From Doris Lessing. winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. the sequel to one of her most celebrated novels. 'The Fifth Child' 'The. Fifth Child '. Doris Lessing's 1988 novel. made a powerful impact on publication.Its account of idyllic marital and parental bliss shattered by the arrival of the feral fifth child of the Lovatts made for unnerving and compulsive reading.That child. Ben. is the central character of this sequel. which picks up the fable at the end of his childhood and takes our primal. misunderstood. maladjusted teenager out into the world.He meets mostly with mockery. fear and incomprehension. but with just enough kindness and openness to keep him afloat as his adventures take him from London to the south of France and on to South America in his restless quest for communi...

Ben, in the World

Shikasta

World Literature

HarperCollins Canada / Voyager

The Sweetest Dream

Genre Fiction

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