The Doris Lessing Reader

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988.

Price: $18.00

Hardcover. First edition. Near fine in near fine dustwrapper. Review copy. Small stamp on top corner of front endpaper. Corners slightly rubbed. Black cloth cover. Small tear on bottom edge of dustwrapper spine. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Item #179735
ISBN: 0394573072

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Doris Lessing
birth name: Doris May Tayler
born: 10/22/1919

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Biography

British writer whose novels and short stories are largely concerned with people caught in the social and political upheavals of the 20th century. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007 at age 87, beating out good old Theodore Mommsen (the 1902 winner) to become the oldest person to win the award.more