A Ripple from the Storm - Softcover

Lessing, Doris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0586090002 ISBN 13: 9780586090008

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited, 1990

Synopsis

The third book in the nobel prize for literature winner’s ‘children of violence’ series tracing the life of martha quest from her childhood in colonial africa to old age in post-nuclear britain ‘“the personal life of a comrade would be arranged so that it interferes as little as possible with work,” he said martha had not imagined that the “personal talk” with anton would arise like an item on an agenda; she now felt frivolous because she had been looking forward to something different …’ the children of violence series established doris lessing as a major radical writer in this third volume, martha, now free of her stultifying marriage to douglas, is able to pursue the independent life she has wanted for so long her deepening involvement with south african revolutionary politics draws her into a world of fierce commitments and passionate idealism a time of great change, marthas young womanhood brings not only immense happiness when she embarks on an affair with a fellow party member, but also great sorrow – for the pain of abandoning caroline, her baby daughter, left at home with douglas, never diminishes …

About this title

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.

Review

`I read the "Children of Violence" novels and began to understand how a person could write about the problems of the world in a compelling and beautiful way. And it seemed to me that was the most important thing I could ever do.' Barbara Kingsolver `The "Children of Violence" series gives an astounding compression of a total, coherent vision, as if Doris Lessing knew all along where it would end.' The Times

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0586090002
• ISBN 13: 9780586090008
• Binding: Paperback