To Room Nineteen by Doris Lessing

To Room Nineteen by Doris Lessing

From the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, a collection of some of her finest short stories.

‘The stories in “To Room Nineteen” are part of the intellectual apparatus of anybody alive in England in the FiftiesI can’t begin to evaluate some of them objectively; “The Habit of Loving” and the dazzlingly cynical “One Off The Shortlist” shaped the way I, for one, perceived the world.’ Angela Carter, Guardian

‘A major collection – rich, perceptive and cruelly honest. For Doris Lessing, private lives, private sins and private blisses are aspects of history, so that even in short stories, she is a chronicler of her time and its conscience too.’ Lorna Sage, Observer

‘On sex, Doris Lessing has few equals in understanding not only desire, but the rest – boredom, disappointment, erotic fury. On every subject there is a selfless, composed quality about her writing, a special combination of indignation and compassion.’ Diane Johnson, New York Times

Doris Lessing is one of the most important writers of the twentieth century and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007. Her first novel, 'The Grass is Singing', was published in 1950. Among her other celebrated novels are 'The Golden Notebook', 'The Fifth Child' and 'Memoirs of a Survivor'. She has also published two volumes of her autobiography, 'Under my Skin' and 'Walking in the Shade'. Doris Lessing died on 17 November 2013 at the age of 94.

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ISBN 13	9780007143009
ISBN 10	0007143001
Title	To Room Nineteen
Author	Doris Lessing
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2002-08-19
Number of pages	400
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