Alfred and Emily by Doris Lessing

Alfred and Emily

Doris Lessing

274 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction historical challenging reflective slow-paced
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The first book after Doris' Nobel Prize takes her back to her childhood in Southern Africa and the lives, both fictional and factual, that her parents lead. 'I think my father's rage at the trenches took me over, when I was very young, and has nev...

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