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A city of the future governed by a barbaric code of law: this is the setting for Doris Lessing's visionary "attempt at autobiography". From the safety of her apartment, an unnamed woman observes the coming of anarchy: fires, boarded up buildings, bands of refugees, adolescent gangs scavenging in deserted streets. But her vigil is broken by the arrival of twelve year old Emily, delivered into her keeping by a stranger who vanishes without a word. Ling for clues to Emily's identity, the woman wanders through the building's corridors and abandoned rooms, stumbling upon scene after devastating scene from Emily's childhood. As the past fuses with the present, her young ward teaches her the only lesson worth learning in this terrifying new world - how to survive.
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Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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The Memoirs of a Survivor
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Paperback in Good Condition. Ex-library copy., clean and unmarked, light wear around cover edges, spine creases, binding solid, square. Pages clean, toned, no markings of any kind. A visionary attempt at an autobiography, Doris Lessing writes of a city of the future governed by a barbaric code of law. Part science fiction, part 19th century realism, this is a profound literary work by one of the most intelligent of modern novelists. 217 pages. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. 1981, Bantam Books. Seller Inventory # 028438
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