Author(s): DORIS LESSING

SECONDHAND BOOKS | Literary Fiction

The story of a family spanning the 20th century.Its fulcrum is in the 60s, a decade about which argument becomes louder everyday.Julia and Frances,grandmother and mother fight for the "kids" against obstacles,the worst being Comrade Johnny.The revolution comes before personal matters as he deposits discarded wives and hurt children in thisdaccomodating house.This novel reflects our recent history like a many faceted mirror and is full of prople you are not like;ly to forget,every one of them,for worse or for better,directly or indirectly made by war. One of the outstanding writers of our age. "In everything she says or does she remains twice the size of other writers."Independent.

2001. A trade paperback copy in near fine condition.