‘Doris Lessing is a pioneer of feminist self-consciousness in its raw state…The truths contained in “The Golden Notebook” are indeed harsh.

It doesn't bear a simple political message but it does rip off the masks that women were accustomed to wearing, and it shows up the dangers and difficulties that women encounter if they try to live a free life in a man's world…A landmark novel, a book that both changed and explained a generation…One of the finest writers of the century.’ - Independent

‘Her greatest work…Shows the power of the female imagination at full throttle. ‘This ambitious novel has no equal.’ - Guardian Lessing's best-known and most influential novel, The Golden Notebook retains its extraordinary power and relevance decades after its initial publication. Finally, in love with an American writer and threatened with insanity, Anna resolves to bring the threads of all four books together in a golden notebook. And in a blue one she keeps a personal diary. In a yellow one she writes a novel in which the heroine relives part of her own experience. In a red one she records her political life, her disillusionment with communism. In one, with a black cover, she reviews the African experience of her earlier years. '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.' - New York Times Book ReviewĪnna is a writer, author of one very successful novel, who now keeps four notebooks.

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