A Small Personal Voice
By (Author) Doris Lessing
HarperCollins Publishers
Flamingo
19th July 1994
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Literature: history and criticism
828.91409
Paperback
192
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 16mm
226g
This is a selection of Doris Lessing's essays and reviews on literature, politics and autobiography from the late 1950s to the 1970s, plus interviews with the author herself. It includes pieces on Kurt Vonnegut, Olive Schreiner, Malcolm X and Sufism and an autobiographical piece, "Impertinent Daughters".
Doris Lessing was one of the most important writers of the second half of the 20th-century and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007. Her novels include The Grass is Singing, The Golden Notebook and The Good Terrorist. In 2001, Lessing was awarded the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in British literature. In 2008, The Times ranked her fifth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". She died in 2013.