Winter in July - Softcover

Lessing, Doris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006545262 ISBN 13: 9780006545262

Publisher: Flamingo, 1993

Synopsis

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007, Doris Lessing grew up in Africa – and returns to that troubled, misunderstood continent in this searing collection of short stories.

‘I believe that the chief gift from Africa to writers, white and black, is the continent itself, its presence which for some people is like an old fever, latent always in their blood; or like an old wound throbbing in the bones as the air changes. … Africa gives you the knowledge that man is a small creature, among other creatures, in a large landscape.’

Written with all the angry compassion of first-hand knowledge, these stores reveal Africa in the raw – an Africa unknown to the vast majority of Europeans. Here is a vivid, unforgettable evocation of its sounds and smells, its stark power and savage grandeur, its agony and ultimate tragedy.

About this title

About the Author

Doris Lessing was one of the most important writers of the second half of the 20th-century and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007. Her novels include The Grass is Singing, The Golden Notebook and The Good Terrorist. In 2001, Lessing was awarded the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in British literature. In 2008, The Times ranked her fifth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". She died in 2013.

From the Back Cover

'Forthright, incisive, controversial, 'Winter in July' shows one of our most brilliant writers grappling with a potent, untamed and bitterly divided domain. Written with all the angry compassion of first-hand knowledge, these stories reveal Africa in the raw – a place unknown to the vast majority of Europeans. Here is a vivid, strong, unforgettable evocation of a remarkable continent, its stark power and savage grandeur, its agony and ultimate tragedy.

'The Golden Notebook, The Sun Between Their Feet, Particularly Cats and Rufus the Survivor, The Good Terrorist, London Observed' and many other Lessing titles are available in Flamingo.

'Her sense of setting is so immediate, the touch and taste of her continent is so strong, that Africa seems to become the universe.'
NEWSWEEK

'Doris Lessing, of all the postwar English novelists, is the foremost creative descendant of the 'great tradition' which includes George Eliot and D H Lawrence'
NEW YORK TIMES

'Lessing is a novelist of universal relevance and stature.'
SUNDAY TIMES

'She exercises the faculty of observation with an acuity and percipience shared by few other living writers.'
HARPERS AND QUEEN

'Rich, perceptive and cruelly honest – Lessing is a chronicler of her time, and its conscience too.'
OBSERVER

Edition details

• Publisher: Flamingo
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0006545262
• ISBN 13: 9780006545262
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192