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Synopsis
Collects all of the claimed South African writer's stories, except those which deal with life in Africa, presenting intact a major aspect of her work
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Review
"Doris Lessing's artistry is demonstrated over and over in this generous collection." -"Time""Lessing is the great realist writer of our time." -Diane Johnson, "The New York Times Book Review""[Lessing's] stock of reliable, solid information about life is enormous; her social range...impressively wide; her interests, human, varied, oddly reassuring." -Margaret Drabble, "Saturday Review"
Doris Lessing s artistry is demonstrated over and over in this generous collection. "Time" Lessing is the great realist writer of our time. Diane Johnson, "The New York Times Book Review" [Lessing s] stock of reliable, solid information about life is enormous; her social range impressively wide; her interests, human, varied, oddly reassuring. Margaret Drabble, "Saturday Review""
-Doris Lessing's artistry is demonstrated over and over in this generous collection.- -Time-Lessing is the great realist writer of our time.- -Diane Johnson, The New York Times Book Review-[Lessing's] stock of reliable, solid information about life is enormous; her social range...impressively wide; her interests, human, varied, oddly reassuring.- -Margaret Drabble, Saturday Review
About the Author
Doris Lessing was born of British parents in Persia, in 1919, and moved with her family to Southern Rhodesia when she was five years old. She went to England in 1949 and has lived there ever since. She is the author of more than thirty books--novels, stories, reportage, poems, and plays. In 2007, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Seller Inventory # I18A-06995
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Stories
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1978
ISBN 10: 0394500091
ISBN 13: 9780394500096
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Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 2311345-75
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Stories
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ISBN 13: 9780394500096
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Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # GRP89794093
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STORIES
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Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1978
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Seller: Russ States, Oil City, PA, U.S.A.
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Cloth. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. 1978, 626pp, slight soiling & shelfwear to cover, front hinge is starting, slight soiling & edgewear to dj,.small tear to dj spine, contents clean & unmarked. Seller Inventory # 05-0224
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Random House Inc, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A., 1978
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Seller: Maxwell's House of Books, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Beautiful (NEAR FINE) tight, clean, unread copy with crisp corners; very faintest rubbing / wear to boards and top of text block. NEAR FINE DJ in mylar flawed only by faded spine, some age toning and one crinkle at bottom edge of front cover. Seller Inventory # 008457
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Alford A Knopf, New York, N.Y. USA, 1978
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Seller: Marie Hartman, Branch, MI, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Very good hard cover in price-clipped good jacket. Random House fourth printing. 35 short stories by Lessing in 626 pages. Jacket has small tears, faded spine. Clean, bright, tight. Fiction. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 003611
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Stories of Doris Lessing
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Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1978
ISBN 10: 0394500091
ISBN 13: 9780394500096
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Seller: Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Stated second printing, June 1978. A collection of 35 short stories by the prolific British subject Doris Lessing (1919-2013). Lessing was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007. --- In black cloth-covered boards which once had spine titling in gilt, orange topstain. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A Fair-only copy with near-complete loss of spine titling and soiling to cloth. Interior of book is tightly-bound and unmarked.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (8), 626, (4) pages. Seller Inventory # 87507
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Seller: Southampton Books, Sag Harbor, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Knopf, 1978. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good. Seller Inventory # 517496