Walking in the Shade: Volume Two of My Autobiography 1949-1962

Overview

The second volume of Doris Lessing's extraordinary autobiography covers the years 1949-62, from her arrival in war-weary London with her son, Peter, and the manuscript for her first novel, The Grass is Singing, under her arm to the publication of her most famous work of fiction, The Golden Notebook. She describes how communism dominated the intellectual life of the 1950s and how she, like nearly all communists, became disillusioned with extreme and rhetorical politics and left communism behind. Evoking the bohemian days of a young writer and single mother, Lessing speaks openly about her writing process, her friends and lovers, her involvement in the theater, and her political activities. Walking in the Shade is an invaluable social history as well as Doris Lessing's Sentimental Education.

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Bio of Doris Lessing

Doris Lessing is one of the most celebrated and distinguished writers of our time. Her most recent books include The Sweetest Dream, The Grandmothers, and the two volumes of her autobiography, Under My Skin and Walking in the Shade. She has recently been awarded the David Cohen Memorial Prize for British Literature, Spain's Prince of Asturias Prize, and the S. T. Dupont Golden PEN Award for a Lifetime's Distinguished Service to Literature, as well as a whole host of other prestigious international awards. She lives in north London.

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Imprint

HarperCollins

Filesize

1018.38 KB

Number of Pages

432

eBook ISBN

9780061564420

Awards

• National Book Critics Circle Awards
• New York Times Notable Books of the Year