To Room Nineteen (Collected Stories of Doris Lessing) - Softcover

Lessing, Doris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0586045953 ISBN 13: 9780586045954

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 1986

Synopsis

This major collection contains all of Doris lessing's short fiction, other than the stories set in Africa, from the beginning of her career until now (1980). Set in London, Paris, the south of France, the English countryside, these thirty-five stories reflect the themes that have always characterized Lessing's work: the bedrock realities of marriage and other relationships between men and women; the crisis of the individual whose very psyche is threatened by a society unattuned to its own most dangerous qualities; the fate of women. (Note from back cover.) "Doris lessinbg's artistry is demonstrated over and over in this generous collection." -- TIME

About this title

From the Publisher:

Includes a previously uncollected story and a new preface by the author.

About the Author:

Doris Lessing is one of the most important writers of the twentieth century and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007. Her first novel, 'The Grass is Singing', was published in 1950. Among her other celebrated novels are 'The Golden Notebook', 'The Fifth Child' and 'Memoirs of a Survivor'. She has also published two volumes of her autobiography, 'Under my Skin' and 'Walking in the Shade'. Doris Lessing died on 17 November 2013 at the age of 94.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0586045953
• ISBN 13: 9780586045954
• Binding: Paperback