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This highly acclaimed second volume of Doris Lessing's autobiography chronicles her growth from a fledgling writer to one of literature's most respected figures. B&W photos.
The second volume of Doris Lessing's extraordinary autobiography covers the years 1949-62, from her arrival in war-weary London with her son, Peter, and the manuscript for her first novel, The Grass is Singing, under her arm to the publication of her most famous work of fiction, The Golden Notebook. She describes how communism dominated the intellectual life of the 1950s and how she, like nearly all communists, became disillusioned with extreme and rhetorical politics and left communism behind. Evoking the bohemian days of a young writer and single mother, Lessing speaks openly about her writing process, her friends and lovers, her involvement in the theater, and her political activities. Walking in the Shade is an invaluable social history as well as Doris Lessing's Sentimental Education.
The second volume of Doris Lessing's extraordinary autobiography covers the years 1949-62, from her arrival in war-weary London with her son, Peter, and the manuscript for her first novel, The Grass is Singing, under her arm to the publication of her most famous work of fiction, The Golden Notebook. She describes how communism dominated the intellectual life of the 1950s and how she, like nearly all communists, became disillusioned with extreme and rhetorical politics and left communism behind. Evoking the bohemian days of a young writer and single mother, Lessing speaks openly about her writing process, her friends and lovers, her involvement in the theater, and her political activities. Walking in the Shade is an invaluable social history as well as Doris Lessing's Sentimental Education.
'Funny and heartbreaking... every word rings true.'
Claire Tomalin, Sunday Telegraph, Books of the Year
'It is exhilarating to read. Not many lives are worth more than two long volumes, but Doris Lessing's most certainly is.'
Literary Review
'She is a true heroine. The passionate courage spoken by each page of her writing has been easily matched by her rollercoaster life. Through her memoirs she allows us to get a little closer to her, to a woman who has not only written, but has lived, at full throttle' Guardian
'A wise and major figure, a subtle voice, a writer for whom the past is a test of the present, as well as a place of memory and self-questioning.' Malcolm Bradbury, Observer
'Doris Lessing has changed the way we think about the world. Walking in the Shade records another crucial stage of her education, and ours.' Blake Morrison, Independent on Sunday
'Fiercely self-confident and fiercely self-critical, simultaneously warm and formidable; this is a highly idiosyncratic and utterly compelling mix.' Sunday Telegraph
Claire Tomalin, Sunday Telegraph, Books of the Year
'It is exhilarating to read. Not many lives are worth more than two long volumes, but Doris Lessing's most certainly is.'
Literary Review
'She is a true heroine. The passionate courage spoken by each page of her writing has been easily matched by her rollercoaster life. Through her memoirs she allows us to get a little closer to her, to a woman who has not only written, but has lived, at full throttle' Guardian
'A wise and major figure, a subtle voice, a writer for whom the past is a test of the present, as well as a place of memory and self-questioning.' Malcolm Bradbury, Observer
'Doris Lessing has changed the way we think about the world. Walking in the Shade records another crucial stage of her education, and ours.' Blake Morrison, Independent on Sunday
'Fiercely self-confident and fiercely self-critical, simultaneously warm and formidable; this is a highly idiosyncratic and utterly compelling mix.' Sunday Telegraph