The Diaries of Jane Somers: The Diary of a Good Neighbor and If The Old Could - Doris Lessing • BookLikes (ISBN:0394729552)

The Diaries of Jane Somers: The Diary of a Good Neighbor and If The Old Could

by: Doris Lessing (author)

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These two novels show Lessing returning to an earlier narrative style with fresh power.

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Format: paperback

ISBN: 9780394729558 (0394729552)

Publish date: October 12th 1984

Publisher: Vintage

Pages no: 502

Edition language: English

Category:

Literature, European Literature, British Literature, Literary Fiction, Nobel Prize

Series: The Diaries of Jane Somers -2 (#1)

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The Diaries of Jane Somers is actually 2 short novels, written by famous author Doris Lessing under the pen name of Jane Somers as part of an experiment to see if her writing could get published without her famous name. The stories are written in a diary format by Jane, a widowed editor of a glossy...

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There was a very negative review of Martin Amis's Yellow Dog that people were talking about earlier this week, where the reviewer commented that, in England, some authors are published no matter what they write. It's unfortunately true. Doris Lessing didn't like this, and decided to see what would h...

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