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About This Book:

Title: The Golden Notebook

Other Available Formats:
Book, 1972
Paperback, 1979
Hardcover, 1984
Audio Cassette, 1992
Paperback, 1994
Hardcover, 1994
Paperback, 1999
Paperback, 2008

Synopsis
This novel is widely considered to be Lessing's masterpiece. Anna Wulf, a writer living in London, attempts to conquer the chaos of her life by using five notebooks as journals: the black one deals with her life in colonial Africa, the red is her Communist experiences, the yellow is a more or less fictionalized chronicle of Anna's alter ego Ella, and the blue is a diary of Anna's day to day life. The golden notebook involves Anna's integration of herself through analysis. The novel also contains Anna's own novel, called "Free Women." Complex, layered, psychological, "The Golden Notebook" was hailed as a feminist work when it was originally published--yet its appeal goes beyond sexual politics to consider the construction, disintegration, and rebuilding of a personality in a way that has reached readers, both male and female, for many years since.

Details
Language:        English

Publisher Notes
First Line: The two women were alone in the London flat.




Industry Reviews
"'The Golden Notebook' is Doris Lessing's most important work, and has left its mark upon the ideas and feelings of a whole generation of women."
"The most absorbing and exciting piece of new fiction I have read in a decade: it moves with the beat of our time, and it is true."


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Book Details Summary: The title of this book is The Golden Notebook and it was written by Doris May Lessing. This edition of The Golden Notebook is in a Audio format. This books publish date is June 2010 and it has a suggested retail price of $98.98. There are pages in the book and it was published by Naxos Audio Books. The 10 digit ISBN is 9626341580 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9789626341582. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.