Ein Kind der Liebe Doris Lessing. Aus dem Engl. von Barbara Christ

Lessing, Doris und Barbara Christ:

ISBN 10: 3442733642 / ISBN 13: 9783442733644

Published by btb Verlag, 2006

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288 S. Mit leichten altersbedingten Lager- und Gebrauchsspuren. W2-O4 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 257 Taschenbuch, Maße: 11.9 cm x 2.5 cm x 18.7 cm.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ein Kind der Liebe Doris Lessing. Aus dem Engl. von Barbara Christ
• Publisher: btb Verlag
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: German
• ISBN 10: 3442733642
• ISBN 13: 9783442733644
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: Genehmigte Taschenbuchausg., 1. Aufl.
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Weight: 257 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Roman & Erzählung

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Synopsis

With the four short novels in this collection, Doris Lessing once again proves that she is unequalled in her ability to capture the truth of the human condition.The title story, 'The Grandmothers', is an astonishing tour de force, a shockingly intimate portrait of an unconventional extended family and the lengths to which they will go to find happiness and love. Written with a keen cinematic eye, the story is a ruthless dissection of the veneer of middle-class morality and convention which manages to be at once universal and desperately, heartbreakingly personal.A second story, 'Victoria and the Staveneys', takes us through 20 years of the life of a young underprivilged black girl in London. A chance meeting introduces her to the world of the Staveneys -- a liberal white middle-class family -- and, seduced, she falls pregnant by one of the sons. As her young daughter grows up, Victoria feels her parental control diminishing as the attractions of the Staveney's world exert themselves. An honest and often uncomfortable look at race relations in London over the past few decades, Lessing reaffirms her brilliance at demonstrating the effect of society on the individual.With these and tw