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Shocking, intimate, often
uncomfortably honest, these stories reaffirm Doris Lessing’s unequalled ability
to capture the truth of the human condition
In the title novel, two friends
fall in love with each other's teenage sons, and these passions last for years,
until the women end them, vowing a respectable old age. In Victoria
and the Staveneys, a young woman gives birth to a child of mixed
race and struggles with feelings of estrangement as her daughter gets drawn
into a world of white privilege. The Reason for It traces
the birth, faltering, and decline of an ancient culture, with enlightening
modern resonances. A Love Child features a
World War II soldier who believes he has fathered a love child during a
fleeting wartime romance and cannot be convinced otherwise.
Doris Lessing
Doris Lessing was one of the most important writers of the second half of the 20th-century and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007. Her novels include The Grass is Singing, The Golden Notebook and The Good Terrorist. In 2001, Lessing was awarded the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in British literature. In 2008, The Times ranked her fifth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". She died in 2013.
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