Winter in July - Softcover

Lessing, Doris

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ISBN 10: 0586020810 ISBN 13: 9780586020814

Publisher: Grafton, 1966

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Winter in July

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'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.'
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About the Author:

Doris Lessing is one of the most important writers of the twentieth century and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007. Her first novel, 'The Grass is Singing', was published in 1950. Among her other celebrated novels are 'The Golden Notebook', 'The Fifth Child' and 'Memoirs of a Survivor'. She has also published two volumes of her autobiography, 'Under my Skin' and 'Walking in the Shade'. Her most recent novel is 'Alfred and Emily'.

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