WALKING IN THE SHADE - Volume Two of My Autobiography, 1949 - 1962
by Doris Lessing
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Title page has corners clipped (removal of previous owner's name?). GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket
- Seller
-
McCrae, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Harper Collins, London 1997 Hardcover, 24cms x 16cms, with dust jacket Title page has corners clipped (removal of previous owner's name?). GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket In this volume Doris arrives in England in 1949, with a small child, £150, and the manuscript of 'The Grass is Singing'. She is open and frank about her involvement with communism, her growing reputation as a writer, and her amorous adventures.
Synopsis
The second volume of Doris Lessing's extraordinary autobiography covers the years 1949-62, from her arrival in war-weary London with her son, Peter, and the manuscript for her first novel, The Grass is Singing, under her arm to the publication of her most famous work of fiction, The Golden Notebook. She describes how communism dominated the intellectual life of the 1950s and how she, like nearly all communists, became disillusioned with extreme and rhetorical politics and left communism behind. Evoking the bohemian days of a young writer and single mother, Lessing speaks openly about her writing process, her friends and lovers, her involvement in the theater, and her political activities. Walking in the Shade is an invaluable social history as well as Doris Lessing's Sentimental Education.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Pegasus Book Orphanage
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43577
- Title
- WALKING IN THE SHADE - Volume Two of My Autobiography, 1949 - 1962
- Author
- Doris Lessing
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, 24cms x 16cms, with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Title page has corners clipped (removal of previous owner's name?). GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper Collins, London
- Date Published
- 1997
- Pages
- 370 pages
- Keywords
- Autobiography Writers & Authors Doris Lessing Angry Young Men Nuclear Disarmament Bertrand Russell Aldermaston
Terms of Sale
Pegasus Book Orphanage
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Pegasus Book Orphanage
Biblio member since 2016
McCrae, Victoria
About Pegasus Book Orphanage
On-line bookstore operating for 20+ years.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Michael Bond - the man behind Paddington Bear
“All the same ... it’s a very important name. And I don’t expect there are many bears in the world called Paddington!”
A lonely toy bear on an empty shop shelf on Christmas Eve in 1956 first captured the attention of Michael Bond, who kindly shared Paddington with the world.
Collecting The Beat Generation
The Beat Generation was born out of WWII, and it still continues to exert considerable influence on today’s literary scene. Biblio sellers have a fantastic collection of Beat Generation books and ephemera for browsing.
