African Stories

by Doris Lessing

Book Overview

Long considered Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing's best collection of short stories, African Stories--a central book in the work of a truly beloved writer--is now back in print. This beautiful collection is an homage to her twenty-five years spent in Africa and a brilliant portrait of African life.This is Doris Lessing's Africa--where she lived for twenty-five years and where so much of her interest and concern still resides. Here in these stories,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476767157
• ISBN13: 9781476767154
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Fascinating- fantastic collection of work

THis is a collection of the best of Doris Lessing's short stories and a couple of novellas all set in her native Africa. From Rhodesia to Kenya and such we see many different stories and perspectives. We meet colonial Boers, English farmers, native legends, native peoples, miners, scholars, women, children, men, hunters, animals- just about everything! Her stories begin in the early part of the 1900s and as they progress into the 1950s and 1960s the political tone changes with the times without being a political narrative. The focus is on people and storytelling. It is no wonder Doris Lessing is known as one of the best writers in English fiction- this book is amazing!