The striking reissue of this classic Lessing novel. Widely regarded as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century. Anna Wulf is a young novelist with writer's block. Divorced, with a young child, and disillusioned by unsatisfactory relationships, she feels her life is falling apart. Fearing the onset of madness, she records her experiences in four coloured notebooks. The black notebook addresses her problems as a writer; the red her political life; the yellow her relationships and emotions; and the blue becomes a diary of everyday events. But it is the fifth notebook - the Golden Notebook - which is the key to her recovery and renaissance. Bold and illuminating, fusing sex, politics, madness and motherhood, 'The Golden Notebook' is at once a wry and perceptive portrait of the intellectual and moral climate of the 1950s - a society on the brink of feminism - and a powerful and revealing account of a woman searching for her own personal and political identity.
Klappentext
The landmark novel of the Sixties a powerful account of a woman searching for her personal, political and professional identity while facing rejection and betrayal.
Biografie
Doris Lessing, 1919 im heutigen Iran geboren und auf einer Farm in Südrhodesien aufgewachsen, lebte seit 1949 in England. 1950 veröffentlichte sie dort ihren ersten Roman und kam 1953 zu Weltruhm. In Deutschland hatte sie ihren großen Durchbruch 1978. Heute ist Doris Lessing eine der bedeutendsten Schriftstellerinnen der Gegenwart, ihr umfangreiches Werk umfasst Lyrik, Prosa und autobiographische Schriften. 2007 wurde sie mit dem Literaturnobelpreis ausgezeichnet. Doris Lessing verstarb 2013 im Alter von 94 Jahren.
