Going Home by Doris Lessing
doris lessing returns to the southern rhodesia of her youth
doris lessing returns to the southern rhodesia of her youth
1948 novel about a sad catholic with too many girlfriends
lessing’s children of violence continues to be excellent unlike my mood
an excellent early 80s hybrid text with a distressing – and violent – context
read a great book about a very bad person and a very bad place
a big book about mushrooms that are magic (not magic mushrooms)
powerful academic text on the impossibility of decolonisation within capitalistic structures
powerful stuff on racism, colonialism and botched governmental attempts to move on
part one of lessing’s sci-fi quintet
a blog about a book (yes i do still do these)
short stories about non-monogamous colonial types
not a sacco sh*it
historical documents on colonisation of Mexico translated from Nahuatl
great prose-verse novel about nunavut in the 70s
very early protest against colonialism
strong canadian poems
self-hating, self-erasing history of Ireland
impressive, purposeful, children’s fiction
some strange, unpalatable, vintage true crime
a short post about a short, but important, book
it’s the most wonderful book of the year
i can’t believe it’s so racist
a book about an unfamiliar struggle
A British woman considers the life of her Rwandan husband and his country.
Very Colonial travel writing from author of The Painted Veil
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