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Alfred and Emily by Doris May Lessing
24.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
The first book after Doris Lessing's Nobel Prize takes her back to her childhood in Southern Africa and the lives, both fictional and factual, that her parents lead. 'I think my father's rage at the trenches took me over, when I was very young, and has never left me. Do children feel their parents' emo ...Show more
Ben, in the World by Doris May Lessing
21.95 NZD
22.99 (4% off)
Category: Fiction
A sequel to one of Lessing's most celebrated novels, 'The Fifth Child'.
Doris Lessing Stories by Doris Lessing Trust
39.99 NZD
42.99 (6% off)
Category: Short Stories
Included are seminal stories like "To Room Nineteen", in which a woman reacts against the oppression of her banal marriage with dreadful results; "One off the Short List", which traces the surprising conclusion to a seduction gone awry; and "The Habit of Loving" in which a lonely older man who takes a v ...Show more
Grandmothers, The by Lessing, Doris
34.99 NZD
37.95 (7% off)
Category: Fiction
With the four short novels in this collection, Doris Lessing once again proves that she is unequalled in her ability to capture the truth of the human condition.The title story, The Grandmothers, is an astonishing tour de force, a shockingly intimate portrait of an unconventional extended family and the ...Show more
On Cats by Doris Lessing
24.99 NZD
26.00 (3% off)
Category: Pets | Reading Level: very good
A collection of Doris Lessing's charming and celebrated writings about cats. Doris Lessing's love affair with cats began at a young age, when she became intrigued with the semi-feral creatures on the African farm where she grew up. Her fascination remained undiminished by the handsome domesticated creat ...Show more
The Cleft by Doris May Lessing
27.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Doris Lessing, one of England's finest living novelists, invites us to imagine a mythical society free from sexual intrigue, free from jealousy, free from petty rivalries: a society free from men. An old Roman senator, contemplative at his late stage of life, embarks on what will likely be his last ende ...Show more
The Cleft by Doris Lessing
26.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Doris Lessing, one of England's finest living novelists, invites us to imagine a mythical society free from sexual intrigue, free from jealousy, free from petty rivalries: a society free from men.An old Roman senator, contemplative at his late stage of life, embarks on what will likely be his last endea ...Show more
The Four Gated City by Doris May Lessing
39.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Children of Violence
The fifth and final book in the Nobel Prize for Literature winner's 'Children of Violence' series tracing the life of Martha Quest from her childhood in colonial Africa to old age in post-nuclear Britain. 'The Four-Gated City' finds Martha Quest in 1950s London and very much part of the social history o ...Show more
The Grandmothers by Doris Lessing
24.99 NZD
27.95 (10% off)
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
With the four short novels in this collection, Doris Lessing once again proves that she is unequalled in her ability to capture the truth of the human condition. The title story, The Grandmothers, is an astonishing tour de force, a shockingly intimate portrait of an unconventional extended family and th ...Show more
The Grass is Singing by Doris May Lessing
22.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
Lessing's first novel is a taut and tragic portrayal of a crumbling marriage, set in South Africa during the years of Arpartheid. Set in Rhodesia, 'The Grass is Singing' tells the story of Dick Turner, a failed white farmer and his wife, Mary, a town girl who hates the bush and viciously abuses the blac ...Show more