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Дорис Мей Лессинг

Английская писательница. Дорис Мей Тейлор родилась 22 октября 1919 в Керманшахе (Персия, ныне Иран). В 1925 семья переехала в Южную Родезию (ныне Зимбабве), бывшую тогда английской колонией. Годы, проведенные в африканской глуши, оказались впоследствии неиссякаемым источником ее писательского вдохновения. В 1949 Лессинг покинула Африку и переехала в Лондон, оставив брата, первого мужа, с которым она развелась, а также двоих детей от этого брака, второго мужа, Готфрида Лессинга, брак с которым также распался. Дорис уехала в Лондон с сыном от второго брака, чтобы начать новую жизнь писательницы. В 1950 вышел первый роман Лессинг Трава поет (своим названием он обязан поэме Т.С.Элиота Бесплодная земля). Будучи своеобразной хроникой жизни родезийского общества периода апартеида, роман был встречен «на ура». Вскоре началась работа Лессинг над задуманной серией «Дети насилия», состоящей из пяти романов: Марта Квест (1952), Подходящий брак (1954), Зыбь после шторма (1958), Окр…Подробнее
A Proper Marriage
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The second book in the Nobel Prize for Literature winner’s ‘Children of Violence’ series tracing the life of Martha Quest from her childhood in coloni…
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Martha Quest
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The Grass is Singing
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A Small Personal Voice
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A Ripple from the Storm
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The third book in the Nobel Prize for Literature winner’s ‘Children of Violence’ series tracing the life of Martha Quest from her childhood in colonia…
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The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire
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The Marriages Between Zones 3, 4 and 5
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The Memoirs of a Survivor
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In Pursuit of the English
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Under My Skin
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The Golden Notebook
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The Good Terrorist
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The Sun Between Their Feet: Collected African Stories Volume Two
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Doris Lessing Three-Book Edition: The Golden Notebook, The Grass is Singing, The Good Terrorist
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The Temptation of Jack Orkney: Collected Stories Volume Two
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