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A collection of charming and celebrated writings about cats, from Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Doris Lessings love affair with cats began at a young age, when she became intrigued with the semi-feral creatures on the African fa
From the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, this is the fourth instalment in the visionary novel cycle Canopus in Argos: Archives. The handsome, intelligent people of Planet 8 of the Canopean Empire know only an idyllic existence on their bountiful
Dramatisations and readings of novels and short stories by Nobel laureate Doris Lessing - plus a bonus documentary, Open Book, examining her life and career One of the most celebrated and important authors of the 20th Century, Doris Lessing was awarded a
The third in Doris Lessing's visionary novel cycle "Canopus in Argos: Archives". It is a mix of fable, futuristic fantasy and pseudo-documentary accounts of 20th-century history.
The Nobel Prize-winner Doris Lessings first novel is a taut and tragic portrayal of a crumbling marriage, set in South Africa during the years of Arpartheid. Set in Rhodesia, The Grass is Singing tells the story of Dick Turner, a failed white farmer and h
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 others ha
A compelling vision of a disorietating and barbaric future from Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Many years in the future, city life has broken down, communications have failed and food supplies are dwindling. From her window a mid
From Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, this is the second instalment in the visionary novel cycle Canopus in Argos: Archives. This is the story of the kindly Queen of Zone Three, who rules a land free of all harshness, and her force
A study of a man beyond the verge of a nervous breakdown, this is a brilliant and disturbing novel by Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Penniless, rambling and incoherent, a man is found wandering at night on Londons Embankment. Tak
Four novellas by Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, that once again show her to be unequalled in her ability to capture the truth of the human condition. The title story, The Grandmothers, is an astonishing tour de force, a shockingl
The landmark novel of the Sixties a powerful account of a woman searching for her personal, political and professional identity while facing rejection and betrayal. In 1950s London, novelist Anna Wulf struggles with writers block. Divorced with a young c
Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience classics which will endure for generations to come. In 1950s London, novelist Anna Wulf struggle
"There is passion here, a piercing accuracy, a rare sensitivity and power. . . . One can only marvel."-- New York Times Set in Southern Rhodesia under white rule, Doris Lessing's first novel, now celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary, is
The companion to a series of lectures given by Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, in which she addresses some of the most important questions facing us today. 'This is a time when it is frightening to be alive, when it is hard to think
The story of a middle-aged womans search for freedom, from Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Her four children have flown, her husband is otherwise occupied, and after twenty years of being a good wife and mother, Kate Brown is free
From Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, this is the first instalment in the visionary novel cycle Canopus in Argos: Archives. The story of the final days of our planet is told through the reports of Johor, an emissary sent from Canop
A fascinating novel of love and ecology from the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Doris Lessing returns to the world of visionary fiction, first visited in her Canopus in Argos quintet of novels in the 1980s, and in 'Mara and Dann', to wh
"One of the most important writers of the past hundred years." -- The Times (London) In this perceptive collection of essays, Doris Lessing addresses directly the prime questions before us all: how to think for ourselves, how to understand what
From Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, the second volume of her collected short stories. Lessing is unrivalled in her ability to capture the complexities of relationships, and the stories in this wonderful collection have lost none
Across eighteen short stories, Lessing dissects London and its inhabitants with the power for truth and compassion to be expected of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007. 'During that first year in England, I had a vision of London I cannot recall now
From the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, a collection of some of her finest short stories. For more than four decades, Doris Lessings work has observed the passion and confusion of human relations, holding a mirror up to our selves in her unflin
Doris Lessing's contemporary gothic horror story—centered on the birth of a baby who seems less than human—probes society's unwillingness to recognize its own brutality.Harriet and David Lovatt, parents of four children, have created a
"She has revealed that brilliant kernel at the heart of it all that we recognize as the truth." -- Francine Prose, Washington Post Book World Love, Again tells the story of a 65-year-old woman who falls in love and struggles to maintain her life
The first volume in the Canopus in Argos: Archives series is presented as a compilation of documents, reports, letters, speeches and journal entries, and purports to be a general study of the planet Shikasta-clearly the planet Earth-to be used by history
Der er næppe skrevet dybere og mere indfølende om katte, end Doris Lessing gør det i Katte især. Katte især er en erindringsbog skrevet med hjertet, men helt uden omsvøb. Siderne er fulde af livsbekræftende anekdoter og tragiske, til tider brutale, histo
First published in 1984, under a pseudonym, as The Diary of a Good Neighbour and If the Old Could , now published as The Diaries of Jane Somers, this is in many ways classic Lessing. As resonant with social and political themes as The Golden Notebook, Les
" The Golden Notebook is Doris Lessing's most important work and has left its mark upon the ideas and feelings of a whole generation of women." -- New York Times Book Review Anna is a writer, author of one very successful novel, who now keep