| The Golden Notebook Contributor(s): Lessing, Doris (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061582484 ISBN-13: 9780061582486 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2008 Annotation: Anna is a writer, author of one very successful novel, who now keeps four notebooks. In one, with a black cover, she reviews the African experience of her earlier years. In a red one she records her political life, her disillusionment with communism. In a yellow one she writes a novel in which the heroine relives part of her own experience. And in a blue one she keeps a personal diary. Finally, in love with an American writer and threatened with insanity, Anna resolves to bring the threads of all four books together in a golden notebook. Doris Lessing's best-known and most influential novel, "The Golden Noteboo"k retains its extraordinary power and relevance decades after its initial publication. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (1.50 lbs) 688 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 keeps four notebooks. In one, with a black cover, she reviews the African experience of her earlier years. In a red one she records her political life, her disillusionment with communism. In a yellow one she writes a novel in which the heroine relives part of her own experience. And in a blue one she keeps a personal diary. Finally, in love with an American writer and threatened with insanity, Anna resolves to bring the threads of all four books together in a golden notebook. Lessing's best-known and most influential novel, The Golden Notebook retains its extraordinary power and relevance decades after its initial publication. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lessing, Doris: - Winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature, Doris Lessing was one of the most celebrated and distinguished writers of our time, the recipient of a host of international awards. She wrote more than thirty books--among them the novels Martha Quest, The Golden Notebook, and The Fifth Child. She died in 2013. |