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The Golden Notebook (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

The striking reissue of this classic Lessing novel. Widely regarded as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century.
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few weeks ago
As always with Doris Lessing, i was completely consumed while reading this shockingly good book. Left me quite shaken up for a while too......a good book should make you question yourself though, and this did.......intensely !
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few weeks ago
Men were bastards in the 1950s eh?
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few weeks ago
Escrito al principio de los 60s, es considerado un clásico por su estructura fragmentada y su defensa del feminismo en ese entonces. No sé si porque mucha agua ha pasado debajo del puente, estoy de acuerdo con la autora en que no es un libro feminista, sino un relato sobre mujeres independientes y decididas. Las historias de los cuadernos son entretenidas (en especial, la del grupo de...more
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few weeks ago
disappointing
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few weeks ago
Doris Lessing earned the Litterature Nobel Price, probably because of this book. She's writing about the history of communism, the woman condition, the art of writing, the human relationships. The way the book is organized is particularly interesting, switching from past to present. Smart women should definitely appreciate it :-) I own it in french.
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few weeks ago
A very poignant book about compartementalising the self to fit into the roles ascribed to you by society.
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few weeks ago
Well, if this novel - I use the term loosely - has taught me anything, it's that being a Nobel Prize winner counts for nothing. One of the most difficult, tedious and pointless books I've ever read.
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Editions
  • ISBN-10: 006093140X
  • ISBN-13: 9780060931407
  • ISBN-10: 0060975903
  • ISBN-13: 9780060975906
  • ISBN-10: 1559940549
  • ISBN-13: 9781559940542
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