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Doris Lessing Alfred and Emily (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Alfred and Emily
- Publication Name
- Alfred and Emily
- Title
- Alfred and Emily
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0060834897
- EAN
- 9780060834890
- ISBN
- 9780060834890
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography
- Release Year
- 2009
- Release Date
- 20/10/2009
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Item Length
- 8in
- Item Width
- 5.3in
- Item Weight
- 9.9 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Topic
- Women, Personal Memoirs, Literary
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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Alfred and Emily is an intimate and revealing book by Doris Lessing, the winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature and author of The Grass is Singing and The Golden Notebook , that explores the lives of her parents, each irrevocably damaged by the Great War. After beginning with a novella that portrays the happier life her parents would have led had there been no war, Lessing proceeds to tell the story of their marriage as it actually was in this "intriguing work . . . that] shimmers with precisely remembered details." (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times )
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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060834897
ISBN-13
9780060834890
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72070106
Product Key Features
Book Title
Alfred and Emily
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Women, Personal Memoirs, Literary
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
9.9 Oz
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Alfred and Emily explores the boundary where reality and imagination meet, through the use of a formally innovative structure. . . . Wonderfully evocative. . . . Glimpses into the creative process of one of the world's most gifted and socially engaged writers make Alfred and Emily a valuable addition to the Lessing oeuvre., A clever, moving coupling of fiction and nonfiction. ALFRED & EMILY is...a testament to [Lessing's] ongoing literary vitality., An odd and powerful excursion into lost time. . . . a powerful reminder not only of Lessing's past but also of how each of us can return to our own and come back with something precious., Lessing's taste for discomfiting truths is as evident as ever.as bracing and engaging as anything she has written., “A clever, moving coupling of fiction and nonfiction. ALFRED & EMILY is...a testament to [Lessing’s] ongoing literary vitality.�, Lessing has pushed the boundaries of the memoir form . . . fluidly conversational prose . . . thought-provoking., Laced with the subtlest of observations and the wryest of wit, it's a charming yet cutting story of rapid social change, the resiliency of women, class conflicts, the call to do good, and the confounding dynamics of marriage and parenthood. . . . This unusual marriage of fiction and memoir (and family photographs) results in a book at once spellbinding, rueful, and tragic., Alfred and Emily reveals why Lessing deserved literature's highest honor. There is a remarkable level of courage, honesty, and wisdom in Alfred and Emily. . . . Lessing, nearing 90, continues to surprise., Lessing's taste for discomfiting truths is as evident as ever...as bracing and engaging as anything she has written., A clever, moving coupling of fiction and nonfiction. Alfred & Emily is a culmination of Lessing's ongoing interest in formal experimentation and the relationship between reality and imagination. It's also a testament to her ongoing literary vitality. . . . By allowing her readers this insight into the connection between autobiography and fiction, between form and content, she reaffirms fiction's powers and possibilities., She has never displayed her potent imagination to better effect, or her gift for probing realism . . . a profoundly moving memoir and portrait of a marriage., Vivid, turbulent, fresh with raw emotion...Clarity and darkness, honesty and obscurity are tumbled together: the work of a writer who knows that the truths of the heart are hideously complicated, A Truly Intriguing Piece of Work...The Book Is Also an Interesting Glimpse of an Empire and an Era., In its generosity of spirit, its shaped and contanied fury, Alfred & Emily is also an extraordinary, unconventional addition to Lessing's autobiography . . . but there isn't the slightest tone of valediction or summing up here. That's why she remains so vital: even in old age, she sounds as fierce and passionate as a girl., In its intimacy, incisiveness and literary construct, [Alfred and Emily] is her most powerful book: a bold exorcism of her parents' traumas in the first world war, and a thorough examination of her relationship with them...a poignant tribute...a final act of compassion., An intriguing work...Writing with the incandescent clarity of her 88 years, Ms. Lessing...conveys the appreciation she now feels for the hardship of her parents' lives, and the anger she often felt as a young girl in rebellion against her mother...shimmers with precisely remembered details., Laced with the subtlest of observations and the wryest of wit...This unusual marriage of fiction and memoir (and family photographs) results in a book at once spellbinding, rueful, and tragic., Lessing's taste for discomfiting truths is as evident as ever…as bracing and engaging as anything she has written., The novella is written in an unhurried, old-fashioned manner, and is filled with tender, accurate family scenes... the characters and settings are rich, and the story is touching...Lessing's memoir of her childhood is insightful and evocative...ALFRED & EMILY is eloquent and incisive on the subject of war., A truly intriguing piece of work...the book is also an interesting glimpse of an empire and an era: of how the hazy, golden afternoon of the Edwardian Age faded into the dark of World War I and of the way that disappointed British citizens fueled their postwar dreams by leaving their country.
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823/.914
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Trade
Dewey Edition
22
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