Esta autora es célebre por su agudo intelecto y su examen audaz de las cuestiones sociales y políticas. Sus obras profundizan en las complejidades de la psique humana, la búsqueda de la identidad y la lucha contra las restricciones sociales. A través de su poderosa prosa e indagaciones filosóficas, esta intelectual autodidacta se convirtió en una voz para quienes lidian con la opresión y la injusticia.
Jak wielka jest miłość, która niszczy samych zakochanych? Liz i Ros są nierozłączne, mieszkają po sąsiedzku w pięknych domach nad brzegiem oceanu. Obie są samotnymi kobietami i obie mają nastoletnich, atrakcyjnych synów. Jeden niedozwolony pocałunek niszczy ten przyjacielski układ i popycha bohaterów do uwikłania się w skandaliczne romanse, które trwają długie lata i niszczą wszystkich dookoła. A najbardziej najbliższych.
Doris Lessing präsentiert in "Ein Jahr im Regent's Park" ihre schönsten Erzählungen von den sechziger Jahren bis heute. Die über hundert Geschichten thematisieren psychologische Fragen und das Verhältnis zwischen Mann und Frau, sowie humorvolle Porträts ihrer Wahlheimat London. Lessings Beobachtungsgabe und menschliche Wärme zeichnen ihre Kurzprosa aus.
Victoria a neuf ans lorsqu'elle pénètre pour la première fois dans l'univers luxueux des Staveney, une riche famille blanche de Londres. Pour cette petite fille noire issue d'un milieu modeste, c'est un choc. Aussi lorsque, des années plus tard, elle leur présente Mary - la fille née de sa liaison avec leur fils Thomas - et qu'ils l'accueillent à bras ouverts, Victoria les laisse s'immiscer dans l'éducation de l'enfant, loin d'imaginer les conséquences qu'aura une telle décision. "C'est féroce, cinglant, affligeant, et d'autant plus juste que l'auteur ne sacrifie jamais à la caricature" - L'Express.
Susan Rawlings, eine Frau in den besten Jahren, die eigentlich alles hat, was nach landläufiger Meinung eine Frau sich nur wünschen kann: einen gutaussehenden, erfolgreichen Ehemann, vier wohlerzogene Kinder und ein schönes Haus mit Garten in Richmond, beginnt auf einmal, immer öfter die Tage in einem schäbigen Zimmer in einem Stundenhotel zu verbringen, wo es eines Tages zur Katastrophe kommt. Ungekürzte und unbearbeitete Textausgabe in der Originalsprache, mit Übersetzungen schwieriger Wörter am Fuß jeder Seite, Nachwort und Literaturhinweisen.
Nobelprels für Literatur 2007
Janna, belle et élégante, avec un solide succès professionnel, fait la connaissance d'une petite vieille dame, Maudie, et de cette rencontre fortuite naît une étroite amitié, un lien presque symbiotique. La première commence à partager les manies et les habitudes de la seconde, ses maux de vieillesse, et entre ainsi en contact avec un monde désordonné et douloureux mais aussi fascinant, qui lui permet de découvrir des dimensions existentielles jusqu'alors ignorées. Le journal de Jane Somers se présente, dans le paysage contemporain de la littérature, comme l'un des plus impitoyables expériences d'auto-analyse jamais réalisées par un écrivain.
Die schönsten Erzählungen
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.
Londres, été 1939. James Reid, jeune homme rêveur et qui ne vit que par les livres, embarque pour l’Inde avec son régiment. Un voyage infernal, entre solitude, ennui et maladies, commence. Pourtant, lors d’une escale au Cap, sa vie bascule : il croit trouver en Daphne, épouse de militaire qui l’héberge, la femme idéale, l’ange dont il rêvait, le grand amour dont la littérature lui a inspiré le désir quasi mystique. La réalité est tout autre… Dans ce court roman, Doris Lessing met toute sa puissance de conteuse au service de ses thèmes de prédilection : les désillusions de l’amour, le fossé entre fantasme et réalité, et la démission des hommes, plus à l’aise dans le monde des idées que dans la vraie vie.
W sposób wolny od zaklamanego sentymentalizmu Doris Lessing bierze pod lupe mieszkanców Czarnego Ladu. W tytulowej opowiesci maly bialy chlopiec przyglada sie rojowisku czarnych robotników klebiacemu sie w kopalni zlota. Ów chlopiec u stóp prawdziwego mrowiska zawiazuje przyjazn z czarnym rówiesnikiem. Mrowisko stanie sie metafora wyzysku i przyjazni, która nie godzi sie na nierównosc spoleczna. Literacka Nagroda Nobla 2007
In ihrem Roman »Die Memoiren einer Überlebenden« beschwört Doris Lessing eine unbestimmte Zukunft: Das Leben in der Stadt ist zusammengebrochen, die Menschen sind ständig unterwegs und auf der Suche nach Überlebensmöglichkeiten. Jugendliche und Erwachsene besetzen leerstehende Häuser, plündern Geschäfte, und Horden von Kindern machen die Straßen unsicher. Das Chaos der Straße beobachtet die Hauptfigur, eine ältere alleinstehende Frau, vom Fenster ihrer Wohnung aus. Eines Tages steht ein junges Mädchen, Emily, samt ihrem Haustier Hugo, bei ihr im Wohnzimmer und verlangt unvermittelt nach Unterkunft. Während draußen alle Formen öffentlicher Ordnung aufgehört haben zu existieren, richten sich die beiden in ihrem neuen Leben zu zweit ein…
Círculo de Lectores. Barcelona. 2007. 21 cm. 257 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial con sobrecubierta ilustrada. Lessing, Doris May 1919-2013. Traducción de Paula Kuffer. Traducción de: The cleft .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. ISBN: 978-84-672-2905-9
Assembled here for the first time in book form are the very best occasional writings from the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Professor Persikov, an eccentric zoologist, stumbles upon a new light ray that accelerates growth and reproduction rates in living organisms. In the wake of a plague that has decimated the country's poultry stocks, Persikov's discovery is exploited as a means to correct the problem. As foreign agents, the state and the Soviet media all seize upon the red ray, matters fet out of hand... Set in 1928 but written four years earlier, during Stalin's rise to power, The Fatal Eggs is both an early piece of science fiction reminiscent of H.G. Wells and a biting, brilliant satire on the consequence of the abuse of power and knowledge.
A fascinating novel of love and ecology from the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Tre racconti, pervasi dall'imprevisto, dal senso sconcertante delle umane possibilità, dalla sensazione da parte dei protagonisti di precipitare nella vita e di esserne, allo stesso tempo, ai margini. Due amiche, alla scomparsa dei mariti, iniziano una relazione ciascuna con il figlio adolescente dell'altra. Una ragazzina di colore, orfana e povera, ha una breve relazione con un ragazzo ricco, bianco, di famiglia liberale. All'insaputa del giovane, ha una figlia e quando la bambina ha sei anni, non potendo più mantenerla, si mette in contatto con la famiglia del ragazzo. Un soldato vive nel ricordo di una donna incontrata durante la seconda guerra mondiale, nella convinzione di aver concepito un figlio e di aver condotto un'esistenza sbagliata.
Cuatro relatos, cuatro historias que se sumergen en los vericuetos de la vejez. En Las abuelas, dos amigas -Liz y Roz- reconstruyen sus vidas con los hijos varones de ambas, formando una familia ad hoc. En Victoria y los Staveney, una mujer de clase humilde, Victoria, lucha por encontrar su propio espacio sirviendo en una casa acomodada. Los otros relatos narran las peripecias de Deria, la esposa de un dictador que toma el poder envenenando a su marido -El motivo-, y el sino de un hijo bastardo producto del encuentro entre una mujer casada y un militar británico en una fiesta en Ciudad del Cabo -Un hijo del amor-. Cuatro visiones sobre el inevitable proceso de senectud a medio camino entre la realidad y la fantasía, entre la ternura y la crudeza, al más puro estilo Doris Lessing.
In questo romanzo, che segue "Il diario di Jane Somers" e ad esso è in qualche modo accomunato, ritroviamo Janna che, nel libro precedente, era stata uno dei due poli dell'amicizia difficile e controversa con l'anziana Maudie. Janna ha ora cinquantacinque anni, splendidamente portati: è raffinata, sempre attivissima, e da caporedattore è passata vicedirettore della rivista in cui lavora. Gli anni di vedovanza le pesano un po', così come le pesa la non facile convivenza con la nipote diciottenne. Non c'è da stupirsi quindi che, incontrato un affascinante americano della sua età, se ne innamori, subito ricambiata. Sotto il sole di una bella estate londinese Janna e Richard esplorano le strade e i parchi della città, i sobborghi, i verdi dintorni, dimentichi dei propri impegni, spensierati perché hanno deciso di non dirsi nulla della loro vita. Scelgono di passare insieme un week-end, ma quando si ritrovano soli fra quattro pareti un invincibile pudore, un senso di disagio, la consapevolezza dei propri corpi sfioriti impediscono loro qualsiasi contatto fisico. Con grande finezza, la Lessing esplora il tema delle relazioni interpersonali, e l'inesorabile scandirsi di un 'tempo' esterno che non coincide quasi mai col tempo interno di ognuno.
Mit einer hellsichtigen Mischung aus Mythen, Fabeln und Allegorien entwirft Doris Lessing in ihrem „Canopus-Zyklus“ eine eindringliche Parabel auf die Geschichte der Menschheit. In diesem Band sind der 4. und 5. Roman der Saga geeint. Roman 4 führt auf den am Rande des canopischen Imperiums gelegenen Planeten 8, eine Welt der Harmonie und des Überflusses, gesegnet von tropischem Klima. Bis eines Tages die erste Schneeflocke fällt, Zeichen einer kommenden Eiszeit, und der Überlebenskampf beginnt. Der 5. Roman spielt im Reich der Volyen. Hier hat die herrschende Kaste die Bevölkerung versklavt, Revolution, Invasionen und Aufstände sind an der Tagesordnung - ein politisch hochexplosives Klima, dem sich auch der canopische Gesandte nicht entziehen kann.
In the early 1960s, financial circumstances demand that Frances and her sons move in with her ex-mother-in-law. Adding insult to injury, her ex-husband has just dumped his second wife's problem child at Frances' feet. As the world's political landscape takes a surreal turn, Lessing documents the social movement and disillusionment of a post-war generation, for whom the impossible dream will always endure.
Mit einer Einleitung von Doris Lessing
Many will recall the powerful impact The Fifth Child, Doris Lessing's 1988 novel, made on publication. Its account of idyllic marital and parental bliss irredeemably shattered by the arrival of the feral fifth child of the Lovatts made for unnerving and compulsive reading. That child, Ben, now grown to legal maturity, is the central character of this sequel, which picks up the fable at the end of the childhood where the first book ended and takes our primal, misunderstood, maladjusted teenager out into the world, where again he meets mostly with mockery, fear and incomprehension but with just enough kindness and openness to keep him afloat as his adventures take him from London to the South of France and on to South America in his restless quest for community, companionship and peace. As in Mara and Dann, Doris Lessing in this newest book returns to a plain, unadorned prose fit for fables; again, we have a childlike perspective at the heart of the book; again, the world in all its malevolence and misapprehenison swirls around at the edge, while, occasionally, a strong character steps forward to try to stake out some values and practise some good behaviour. Again, it is one of Lessi
The new novel from one of the greatest twentieth-century writers. Doris Lessing returns to the world of visionary fiction, last visited in her acclaimed 'Canopus in Argos' quintet of novels in the 1980s. It is sooner than you might think. And the earth's climate is much changed -- it's colder than ever before in the north, and unbearably dry and hot in the south. Mara, who is seven, and her four-year-old brother Dann find themselves somewhere very strange, not home... They are taken in by a kindly, grandmotherly woman, but this new life is hard: hunger, dirt, thirst and danger are the children's constant companions. Drought and fire carry off their adoptive home and force them to set off northward into the unknown, to experience a series of adventures that bring them through to an altogether altered world, where they can start to learn and build anew. Doris Lessing has written a compelling, troubling and entertaining novel that, through the remarkable odyssey of a brother and sister living in the imagined future, manages to tell us a great deal about the present we only dimly perceive and scarcely know how to value.
Set in a future Ice Age where the northern hemisphere is buried in snow, the story follows Mara and her younger brother, Dann, who are abducted from their Mahondi home. Raised in a challenging rural village, they face threats from nature and a hostile community. As drought drives them north in search of sustenance, they navigate cities filled with crime and corruption, exploring the complexities of human nature and society. This imaginative narrative offers a profound reflection on survival and the human condition.
De heerlijkste verhalen van Doris Lessing, Ischa Meijer, Peter Mayle en vele anderen
Prachtige verhalen over Frankrijk van uiteenlopende auteurs als Simon Carmiggelt, Doris Lessing, Ischa Meijer, James Thurber, Inez van Dullemen, Peter Mayle en vele anderen.
das Bändchen bietet eine umfangreiche Didaktisierung des Erfolgsromans von Sepúlveda, mit Vokabellisten, Zusatztexten, Übungen. Geeignet für Grund- und Lei- stungskurse.
Von der Nobelpreisträgerin für Literatur, Doris Lessing, eine markante Science-Fiction-Kurzgeschichte. Unbekannte Beobachter senden Berichte über eine Stadt, die von Zerstörung bedroht ist. Sie sammeln Informationen über die Bewohner und ihr Verhalten. Bald wird klar, dass dies alles andere als ein fremder Planet ist. Wie in vielen ihrer gefeierten Science-Fiction-Romane nutzt Doris Lessing in „Bericht über die bedrohte Stadt“ die Traditionen dieses Genres, um die uns bekannte Welt und die menschliche Natur selbst aus einer völlig neuen und oft unbarmherzigen Perspektive zu betrachten.
Der Band bietet einen Überblick über das schriftstellerische Werk von Doris Lessing und ermöglicht ein erstes Kennenlernen dieser bedeutenden Autorin.
Volume Two of My Autobiography, 1949-1962
The second volume of the autobiography of Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way
In response to the many inquiries he has received about the Sufi tradition from people from all walks of life, leading Sufi expert Idries Shah presents a clarifying series of questions and answers that illustrates how traditional Sufi concepts can resolve our social, psychological, and spiritual problems.
Tales for Kings and Commoners. Selected Fables of Bidpai
This multi-layered collection of animal stories, known in Europe since 1483 as "The Fables of Bidpai," features interwoven tales that have influenced world literature for over 2000 years. Originating from ancient cultures, these narratives have inspired fables from Aesop to La Fontaine. In its original Arabic form, it serves as a 'Mirror for Princes,' offering indirect lessons on governance through engaging stories. The fables, rich in insight into human nature, provide sage advice without overt moralizing. Ramsay Wood's modern retelling, based on various scholarly translations, is the first comprehensive English version in over 400 years. It highlights themes of deceit, political intrigue, and the complexities of life, showcasing a cast of characters ranging from kings to cunning animals. These stories, filled with humor and poignancy, educate both rulers and commoners about the realities of existence, revealing the often-hidden truths beneath our daily lives. Wood's captivating style blends oral storytelling traditions, making the tales accessible and relevant for contemporary readers. This beautifully illustrated collection is a treasure for all ages, emphasizing the importance of wise leadership, managing power, and the value of true friendship. Critics praise it for its vibrancy and depth, positioning it alongside classic retellings in literary history.
A sus sesenta y cinco años la dramaturga Sarah Durham se enamora de un bello y joven actor y luego de un director teatral, algo más maduro, pero al que también dobla en edad. Al encontrarse en un estado de permanente deseo que creía propiedad exclusiva de las mujeres jóvenes, Sarah se ve obligada a revisar su historia sentimental, desde la más tierna infancia hasta sus obsesiones más recientes.
Like the author's Canopus in Argos novels, this graphic novel is an exercise in speculative imagination. It marks a venture into new creative territory for Lessing, and is illustrated by the young British artist Daniel Vallely.
interviews with Doris Lessing 1964-1994
A collection of interviews with the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature that serves as an invaluable companion to her work. Doris Lessing is one of the greatest literary figures of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. These interviews give us her thoughts on her early years as a communist and fledgling writer in Southern Rhodesia, her views on marriage, the family and feminism, on other writers from Tolstoy to Lawrence, and on her later experiments in psychotherapy and mysticism. She reveals how these preoccupations have influenced her own work, from ‘The Golden Notebook’ to her acclaimed autobiographical masterpiece ‘Under My Skin’. The book is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand not just Lessing, but also the profound impact she has had on our age.
Volume One of My Autobiography, To 1949
Under My Skin Volume One of my Autobiography, To 1949
An anthology of 23 cat stories from classic authors, cats which are comic, heroic, spoiled, fat and even a desert island cat, embellished with specially commissioned line drawings by William Geldart.
Keuze van verhalen van buitenlandse auteurs uit het fonds van de uitgeverijen Bert Bakker en Prometheus.
This book begins with Lessing's childhood in Africa, recalling her marriages and involvement in communist politics and ends on her arrival in London in 1949, with the typescript of her first novel - The Grass is Singing - in her suitcase.
»Rufus besaß die Intelligenz des Überlebenskünstlers. Er war ein zerzauster Kater, unter dessen schmutzigem, struppigem Fell die Knochen hervortraten. Aber er hatte eine wunderschöne Farbe, wie Feuer, wie ein Fuchs.«
In this portrait of Doris Lessing's homeland, the author recounts the visits she made to Zimbabwe in 1982, 1988, 1989 and 1992, after being banned from the old Southern Rhodesia for 25 years for her political views and opposition to the minority white Government. The visits constitute a journey to the heart of a country whose history, landscape, people and spirit are evoked by the author in a narrative of detail. She embraces every facet of life in Zimbabwe from the lost animals in the bush to political corruption, from AIDS to a successful communal enterprise created by rural blacks, and notes the kind of changes that can only be appreciated by one who has lived there before.
Las historias y bocetos de esta colección penetran en el corazón de la experiencia humana con la pasión y la inteligencia que los lectores esperan de Doris Lessing. La mayoría de las piezas están ambientadas en el Londres contemporáneo, una ciudad que la autora ama por su variedad, su diversidad, su transitoriedad, la forma en que conecta la vida de los animales y las aves en los parques con las calles. La ficción de Lessing también explora los rincones más oscuros de las relaciones entre mujeres y hombres, como en la rica y emocionalmente compleja historia titular, en la que descubre una realidad más peligrosa detrás de la fachada de la relación más convencional entre los sexos.
Der Band bietet einen Überblick über das schriftstellerische Schaffen Doris Lessings und ermöglicht ein erstes Kennenlernen dieser Autorin von Weltrang.
Approaching a liberal arts tradition in the classroom, across the curriculum, and beyond, The McGraw-Hill Reader offers rich and diverse readings in education, the social sciences, business and economics, the humanities, and the sciences. This new eleventh edition offers a new focus on reading and composing across various media; it includes over 100 selections from prominent thinkers and writers; each essay was chosen to provoke critical thought and encourage effective writing.
This volume is part of a new series of novels, plays and stories at GCSE/Key Stage 4 level, designed to meet the needs of the National Curriculum syllabus. Each text includes an introduction, pre-reading activities, notes and coursework activities. Also provided is a section on the process of writing, often compiled by the author.
Roman
An account of the Russian occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s, the Afghan resistance and the plight of the refugees.
Das wohl persönlichste Erinnerungsbuch der großen englischen Erzählerin: die nachdenkliche Auseinandersetzung mit zwei eigenwilligen Frauen: ihrer Mutter und sich selbst. Die Tochter, die in der Tat klüger wurde als viele andere, erinnert sich an das Rhodesien der dreißiger Jahre, an das Leben ihrer Mutter und an sich selbst, 'das Idealbild einer schwierigen Heranwachsenden'. Sie beschreibt, ratlos noch heute, wie unerträglich ihre Mutter war und wie unerträglich sie, die Tochter.
At age 82, Clifton Fadiman continues his prolific publishing career, here presenting 62 of the world's best short stories from 16 countries. His criteria? "Each story had to be both interesting and of high literary merit." Fadiman fulfills both requirements and much more, offering a cornucopia of superior 20th-century writers that includes Franz Kafka, D. H. Lawrence, Isaac Babel, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, John Cheever, Sean O'Faolain, Graham Greene, Robert Penn Warren, Colette, John Updike, Donald Barthelme, and James Thurber. (Regrettably, J. D. Salinger is not included due to lack of permission.) Here is a truly remarkable collection of this century's short stories that readers from all over the world will read with delight.
Janna, bella ed elegante, con alle spalle un solido successo professionale, conosce una piccola e vecchia signora, Maudie, e da questo incontro casuale nasce una stretta amicizia, un legame quasi simbiotico. La prima comincia a condividere le manie e le abitudini della seconda, i suoi malanni senili, e viene così a contatto con un mondo disordinato e dolente ma anche affascinante, che le permette di scoprire dimensioni esistenziali da lei ignorate fino a quel momento. Il diario di Jane Somers si configura, nel panorama contemporaneo della letteratura in lingua inglese, come uno dei più impietosi esperimenti di autoanalisi mai compiuti da uno scrittore.
Libro usado en buenas condiciones, por su antiguedad podria contener señales normales de uso
En un barrio burgués de Londres, un grupo de jóvenes ocupa una casa que ha sido declarada inhabitable por las autoridades. Alice, la protagonista, es cálida y solidaria, transformando el deteriorado refugio de sus compañeros militantes en un 'hogar' a través de arduas negociaciones con las autoridades y dedicando toda su energía física y mental, a pesar de que sus aspiraciones burguesas son objeto de burla entre sus 'camaradas'. Sin embargo, detrás de su aparente altruismo, Alice alberga un profundo odio hacia el establecimiento burgués. Este resentimiento, junto con un difuso radicalismo de izquierda, lo comparte con sus amigos, quienes buscan contactos con la IRA, el movimiento de independencia irlandés. Mientras planean y ejecutan un atentado, ignoran que el servicio secreto británico ya tiene sus propios planes para ellos.
»Es passierte, nachdem ich gerade mit zwei verschiedenen Männern zu Mittag gegessen und Tee getrunken hatte...«Ob es um eine Frau geht, die nach dem Verlust ihres Herzens mit erstaunlicher Leichtigkeit weiterlebt, oder um einen notorischen Eroberer, der erkennen muss, dass die bewährten Verführungsmechanismen keinen Anklang mehr finden - die Erzählungen dieses Bandes sind charakteristisch für die psychologische Präzision und den kritischen Humor der englischen Erzählerin.
From Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, the fifth and final instalment in the visionary novel cycle `Canopus in Argos: Archives'.
The diaries introduce us to Jane, an intelligent and beautiful magazine editor concerned with success, clothes and comfort. After her husband, then her mother, die from cancer she befriends ninety-something Maudie, whose poverty and squalor contrast with her own life
Documents Relating to The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire is an sf novel by Nobel Prize in Literature-winner Doris Lessing. It concludes her five-book Canopus in Argos series & comprises a set of documents that describe the final days of the Volyen Empire, located at the edge of our galaxy & under the influence of three other galactic empires, the benevolent Canopus, the tyrannical Sirius & the malicious Shammat of Puttiora. The Sentimental Agents is a social satire written in the tradition of Jonathan Swift & George Orwell focusing on the debasement of language in political rhetoric. In this fictional universe it's propaganda that keeps fragile empires afloat. When language becomes too distorted, some succumb to a condition called "undulant rhetoric" & are placed in a Hospital for Rhetorical Diseases. Because of its focus on characterization & social/cultural issues, & no emphasis on technological details, this book is soft sf, or "space fiction" as Lessing calls her Canopus in Argos series. While The Sentimental Agents can be read as a stand-alone book, she does continue with the history of the Sirian Empire, picking up from where she left off in The Sirian Experiments ('80), 3rd book in the series.
