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22%OFFDoris Lessing - The Summer Before the Dark - 9780586088999 - V9780586088999
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The Summer Before the Dark

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Description for The Summer Before the Dark paperback. The story of a middle-aged woman's search for freedom, from Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182.
The story of a middle-aged woman's search for freedom, from Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Her four children have flown, her husband is otherwise occupied, and after twenty years of being a good wife and mother, Kate Brown is free for a summer of adventure. She plunges into an affair with a younger man, travelling abroad with him, and, on her return to England, meets an extraordinary young woman whose charm and freedom of spirit encourages Kate in her own liberation. ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780586088999
SKU
V9780586088999
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Doris Lessing
Doris Lessing is one of the most important writers of the twentieth century and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007. Her first novel, 'The Grass is Singing', was published in 1950. Among her other celebrated novels are 'The Golden Notebook', 'The Fifth Child' and 'Memoirs of a Survivor'. She has also published two volumes of her autobiography, 'Under ... Read more

Reviews for The Summer Before the Dark
`This is probably the best book Doris Lessing has ever written. It would be a deprivation not to read it at once.' Economist `An honest, perceptive, serious book.' Irish Times ... Read more

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