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    Under My Skin

    By Doris Lessing

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    The first volume of the autobiography of Doris Lessing, author of ‘The Grass is Singing’ and ‘The Golden Notebook’, and Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007.

    Winner of the James Tait Black Prize 1994.

    The first volume of Doris Lessing’s autobiography begins with her childhood in Africa and ends on her arrival in London in 1949 with the typescript of her first novel in her suitcase. it charts the evolution first of her consciousness, then of her sexuality and finally of her political awareness with an almost overwhelming immediacy, and is as distinctive and challenging as anything she has ever written. It is already recognised as one of the great autobiographies of the twentieth century.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins UK
    Release dateNov 28, 2013
    ISBN9780007383580
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    Doris Lessing

    Winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature, Doris Lessing was one of the most celebrated and distinguished writers of our time, the recipient of a host of international awards. She wrote more than thirty books—among them the novels Martha Quest, The Golden Notebook, and The Fifth Child. She died in 2013.

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    • 4/5
      A great book from my favourite author. It is interesting to read an autobiography from Doris Lessing after reading Children of Violence.
    • 4/5
      Lessing is a detailed and introspective writer, and she doesn't gloss over anything in writing this autobiography. She sifts through memories and turns each one over, examining its impact and authenticity. Occasionally I found it difficult to believe that she actually remembered everything that went into this book, but then The Golden Notebook is the same — and it seems probable that anyone who could summon up that vast amount of information about a character probably has a great deal of material from her own life to work with.
    • 5/5
      The most inspring and exciting book that i came across since her 'the golden notebook'! Beautifully paced, mythical and blood-boiling. A book dying for! even 5 star is not enough!