lessing, doris may

Contains a representative selection of twelve critical essays on the stories of Doris Lessing arranged in chronological order of publication.

In this collection of twenty-four interviews spanning several decades, Doris Lessing talks on varied topics including her early years in Southern Rhodesia, her views on Marxism, Sufism, feminism, the problems of autobiography, and her own fiction--especially the Golden notebook.

Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing provides a fictional account of her parent's experiences during World War I, when her father was a farmer turned soldier who lost a leg, and her mother was a nurse stationed at Royal Free Hospital; and also describes their relationship after the close of the Great War, based on the real-life memories of the author.

Eleven critical essays examine the works of twentieth-century English novelist Doris Lessing, including "The Golden Notebook, " "The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five, " and others. Also includes a chronology and secondary bibliography.