First edition. Very good in an about good dust jacket. Clean text in clean cloth covers, dust jacket is worn and bumped with old price sticker on front cover.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Real Thing: Stories and Sketches

Publisher

Harper Collins, New York

Publication Date

1992

ISBN 10

0060168536

ISBN 13

9780060168537

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Good

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Synopsis

The author of The Golden Notebook presents a collection of stories centered around London and featuring tales of a mother and daughter's reconciliation, a couple arguing over their daughter's independence, and a pregnant girl. 25,000 first printing. $30,000 ad/promo.

Review

"A rich portrait of contemporary London...As always, Lessing expertly deciphers the complex relationships that characterize modern life.""-- New York Times Book Review""Doris Lessing has a powerful voice and a particular one. It speaks in anger at the distortion of personal relations ion a unsound society, but speaks it with a wit that manages to be both pitiless and compassionate." -- Richard Eder, "Los Angeles Times""The most accessible and lyrical of [Doris Lessing's] books, it registers the pulse of a modern metropolis." -- Robert Taylor, "Boston Globe""["The Real Thing"] showcases the uncompromising realism that first won Doris Lessing fame...A real treat for Lessing Fans." -- Wendy Smith, "Cleveland Plain Dealer"

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