The Grass is Singing
The Nobel Prize-winner Doris Lessing’s first novel is a taut and tragic portrayal of a crumbling marriage, set in South Africa during the years of Arpartheid.
Southern Africa
African Laughter
Writing inspired by four visits to Zimbabwe, her childhood home, from the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007, Doris Lessing.
The Grass is Singing
The Nobel Prize-winner Doris Lessing’s first novel is a taut and tragic portrayal of a crumbling marriage, set in South Africa during the years of Arpartheid.
Alfred and Emily
Doris Lessing’s first book after winning the Nobel Prize for Literature revisits her childhood in Southern Africa and the lives, both fictional and factual, that her parents led.
The Healing Land: A Kalahari Journey
A brilliantly written exploration – part travel writing, part personal quest – of Africa’s oldest and most famous population
Diamond: The History of a Cold-Blooded Love Affair
The history of man’s love affair with a completely useless gem.
Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949
The first volume of the autobiography of Doris Lessing, author of ‘The Grass is Singing’ and ‘The Golden Notebook’, and Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007.
Winner of the James Tait Black Prize 1994.