Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949 Paperback - 1995
by Doris Lessing
Lessing has always incorporated her life into her fiction, but not until the eagerly awaited publication of Under My Skin did her readers have direct access to the fascinating and tumultuous life story of this most celebrated literary talent. Photos.
First line
SHE WAS VERY PRETTY but all she cared about was horses and dancing'
From the rear cover
"I was born with skins too few. Or they were scrubbed off me by...robust and efficient hands."
The experiences absorbed through these "skins too few" are evoked in this memoir of Doris Lessing's childhood and youth as the daughter of a British colonial family in Persia and Southern Rhodesia Honestly and with overwhelming immediacy, Lessing maps the growth of her consciousness, her sexuality, and her politics, offering a rare opportunity to get under her skin and discover the forces that made her one of the most distinguished writers of our time.
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- Title Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949
- Author Doris Lessing
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1ST
- Pages 448
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date October 11, 1995
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Glossary, Illustrated, Maps
- ISBN 9780060926649 / 0060926643
- Weight 0.73 lbs (0.33 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 6.38 x 1.02 in (20.32 x 16.21 x 2.59 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: British
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Lessing, Doris May, Women authors, English - 20th century
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94020051
- Dewey Decimal Code 823.914
Media reviews
Citations
- Entertainment Weekly, 10/26/2007, Page 73
- People Weekly, 10/29/2007, Page 52
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