The Four Gated City by Doris Lessing (Children of Violence #5)
another doris lessing quintet concludes
Tag: Nobel laureate
Simple Passion by Annie Ernaux
speculative short essay that proposes the historic existence of shame-free desire
Journey to the Alcarria by Camilo José Cela
uninspiring 1940s travel writing
A Ripple From The Storm AND Landlocked by Doris Lessing (Children of violence #3 AND #4)
double-teaming more excellent doris lessing
a proper marriage by Doris Lessing (Children of Violence #2)
lessing’s children of violence continues to be excellent unlike my mood
Martha Quest by Doris Lessing (Children of Violence #1)
“the classic coming of age novel… for women”
Sula by Toni Morrison
a beautiful novel about the emptiness at the heart of life
Bluebeard’s Chamber by Michael Maar
i crit lit + this lit’s lit crit; MANNSLAUGHTER???
The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, And Five (As Narrated by the Chroniclers of Zone Three) by Doris Lessing
part two of doris lessing’s sci-fi quintet
Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta by Doris Lessing
part one of lessing’s sci-fi quintet
The Proust Screenplay by Harold Pinter
to adapt is not to survive
Jazz by Toni Morrison
redressing a gap in my reading
It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
powerful, tho rushed, 1930s novel about fascism in the USA
Chernobyl Prayer by Svetlana Alexievich
how recently the Nobel Prize meant something
The Bridge Over The Drina by Ivo Andrić
One of the most important and engaging novels I’ve ever read, a sprawling fictional exploration not of a specific person,Continue Reading
Scum by Isaac Bashevis Singer
My pile of books, towering as it often is in January, needs to be got through. So in order toContinue Reading
The Grass Is Singing by Doris Lessing
I may have mentioned this in a blog post before, but my mother has the morbid (though appreciated) habit of,Continue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 