Doris Lessing: Conversations (Ontario Review Press Critical Series) - Softcover

Lessing, Doris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0865380805 ISBN 13: 9780865380806

Publisher: Ontario Review Pr, 2000

Synopsis

In these twenty-four provocative interviews, Doris Lessing talks frankly to a variety of interviewers--among them Joyce Carol Oates and Studs Terkel--about a wide range of subjects that concern her deeply. We hear about her early years in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), her involvement in Marxist politics, her views on feminism and "space fiction," and her own work, especially The Golden Notebook and The Good Terrorist. Included is a recent talk on the failure of Communism. These interviews, informed by Lessing's unfailing intelligence and refreshing directness, present an invaluable and up-to-date view of the mind and art of a distinguished contemporary writer.

About this title

About the Author

Earl G. Ingersoll is a professor of English at SUNY College in Brockport, New York.

Reviews

Many loyal fans of Doris Lessing have found the inventive, multidimensional writer to be an enigma of sorts, in spite of numerous interviews she has granted and nonfiction works that do reveal facets of herself. These 24 conversations (spanning the 1960s to 1993) are illuminated by Lessing's articulate, frequently controversial, and eerily prophetic voice. She is shown to be a forthcoming subject, revealing her views on marriage and family, political issues, and mysticism. If her attitudes are shown to shift somewhat over the passing years, the one constant is that this renowned and provocative writer refuses any narrow categorization. Lessing's readers--those who are compelled to search for insights into her personal life and her fictional worlds--will not be disappointed. Alice Joyce

Edition details

• Publisher: Ontario Review Pr
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865380805
• ISBN 13: 9780865380806
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 250