At the time enrolled in a course on James Joyce, in the middle of Ulysses, I was in no mood for the stark, slow realism of the novel’s opening. I recall drunkenly reading the first twenty pages of that paperback in the middle of the night in my dorm room and being struck by what I then regarded as its artlessness.

I bought an old mass market paperback copy of The Golden Notebook during my freshman year of college from the now-defunct bookseller in front of the William Pitt Union. The man appears to know of an anarchist plot to destabilize Europe, beginning with a plan to assassinate the Greek Premier, Constantine Karolides, during his forthcoming visit to London.When I heard that Doris Lessing died, I immediately resolved to read one of her books, since I felt as if I’d been missing my rendezvous with her work for years. One night his neighbor, an American who claims to be in fear for his life, visits Hannay.

Richard Hannay returns home to London after living in Rhodesia. In 2003, the book was listed on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's 'best-loved novels.'In May of 1914, war looms in Europe. The novel formed the basis for a number of successful adaptations, including several film versions and a long-running stage play. It is the first of the five novels featuring Richard Hannay, an all-action hero with a stiff upper lip and a miraculous knack for getting himself out of sticky situations. It first appeared as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine in August and September 1915 before being published in book form in October that year by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. The Thirty-Nine Steps is an adventure novel by the Scottish author John Buchan. Thirty-Nine Steps The (Unabridged) John Buchan Lessing's best-known and most influential novel, The Golden Notebook retains its extraordinary power and relevance decades after its initial publication. 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. And in a blue one she keeps a personal diary. In a yellow one she writes a novel in which the heroine relives part of her own experience. In a red one she records her political life, her disillusionment with communism. In one, with a black cover, she reviews the African experience of her earlier years. Summary '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 ReviewĪnna is a writer, author of one very successful novel, who now keeps four notebooks. But please don't worry, you still have more than 500,000 other books you can enjoy! The Golden Notebook - A Novel Doris Lessing We are sorry! The publisher (or author) gave us the instruction to take down this book from our catalog.

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