Winter in July
1st Edition
Published on 23. February 2017
192 pages
978-0-00-753907-9 (ISBN)
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Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007, Doris Lessing grew up in Africa - and returns to that troubled, misunderstood continent in this searing collection of short stories.
'I believe that the chief gift from Africa to writers, white and black, is the continent itself, its presence which for some people is like an old fever, latent always in their blood; or like an old wound throbbing in the bones as the air changes. ... Africa gives you the knowledge that man is a small creature, among other creatures, in a large landscape.'
Written with all the angry compassion of first-hand knowledge, these stores reveal Africa in the raw - an Africa unknown to the vast majority of Europeans. Here is a vivid, unforgettable evocation of its sounds and smells, its stark power and savage grandeur, its agony and ultimate tragedy.
'I believe that the chief gift from Africa to writers, white and black, is the continent itself, its presence which for some people is like an old fever, latent always in their blood; or like an old wound throbbing in the bones as the air changes. ... Africa gives you the knowledge that man is a small creature, among other creatures, in a large landscape.'
Written with all the angry compassion of first-hand knowledge, these stores reveal Africa in the raw - an Africa unknown to the vast majority of Europeans. Here is a vivid, unforgettable evocation of its sounds and smells, its stark power and savage grandeur, its agony and ultimate tragedy.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
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Reflowable
File size
0,71 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-00-753907-9 (9780007539079)
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Doris Lessing was the winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature and is one of the most important writers of the second half of the twentieth century. Her first novel, 'The Grass is Singing' was published in 1950, and since then her international reputation has flourished. Among her other celebrated novels are 'The Golden Notebook', 'The Summer Before the Dark', and 'Memoirs of a Survivor'. Her most recent works include two volumes of autobiography, 'Under my Skin' and 'Walking in the Shade', her most recent novel is 'The Cleft'.
