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Real Thing : Stories and Sketches by Doris Lessing (1993, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100060924179
ISBN-139780060924171
eBay Product ID (ePID)23262
Product Key Features
Book TitleReal Thing : Stories and Sketches
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1993
TopicContemporary Women, Short Stories (Single Author), Literary
GenreFiction
AuthorDoris Lessing
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight6.2 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN91-059932
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"[The Real Thing] showcases the uncompromising realism that first won Doris Lessing fame...A real treat for Lessing fans." -- Wendy Smith, Cleveland Plain Dealer "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, "A rich portrait of contemporary London...As always, Lessing expertly deciphers the complex relationships that characterize modern life." -- New York Times Book Review "[The Real Thing] showcases the uncompromising realism that first won Doris Lessing fame...A real treat for Lessing fans." -- Wendy Smith, Cleveland Plain Dealer "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., 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., The most accessible and lyrical of [Doris Lessing's] books, it registers the pulse of a modern metropolis., A rich portrait of contemporary London...As always, Lessing expertly deciphers the complex relationships that characterize modern life.
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal823/.914
Synopsis"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 stories and sketches in this collection penetrate to the heart of human experience with the passion and intelligence readers have come to expect of Doris Lessing. Most of the pieces are set in contemporary London, a city the author loves for its variety, its diversity, the way it connects the life of animals and birds in the parks to the streets. Lessing's fiction also explores the darker corners of relationships between women and men, as in the rich and emotionally complex title story, in which she uncovers a more parlous reality behind the façade of the most conventional relationship between the sexes., The stories and sketches in this collection penetrate to the heart of human experience with the passion and intelligence readers have come to expect of Doris Lessing. Most of the piece are set in contemporary London, a city the author loves for its variety, its diversity, its transitoriness, the way it connects the life of animals and birds in the parks to the streets. Lessing's fiction also explores the darker corners of relationships between women and men, as in the rich and emotionally complex title story, in which she uncovers a more parlous reality behind the facade of the most conventional relationship between the sexes.
LC Classification NumberPR6023.E833
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