Genre: | Literature |
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Language : | English |
Published: | February 03, 1999 |
Edition: | 14th |
Paperback | |
ISBN13: | 9780060931407 |
ISBN10: | 006093140X |
Pages: | 672 |
Dimensions: | 5.2 x 8.0 x 1.7 inches |
Weight: | 580 g |
"The Golden Notebook is Doris Lessing's most important work and has left its mark upon the ideas and feelings of a whole generation of women." — New York Times Book Review
Anna is a writer, author of one very successful novel, who now keeps four notebooks. In one, with a black cover, she reviews the African experience of her earlier years. In a red one she records her political life, her disillusionment with communism. In a yellow one she writes a novel in which the heroine relives part of her own experience. And in a blue one she keeps a personal diary. Finally, in love with an American writer and threatened with insanity, Anna resolves to bring the threads of all four books together in a golden notebook.
Lessing's best-known and most influential novel, The Golden Notebook retains its extraordinary power and relevance decades after its initial publication.