Oh dear, you are all putting me off the golden notebook. I will give it a
try anyway.
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On Behalf Of Trish Talbot
Sent: 11 June 2013 20:26
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Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Doris Lessing
Besides the "Golden Notebook" I have only read "The Grass Is Singing",
which
I didn't like at all. The author seemed determined to portray her main
character, Mary, in the worst light possible, yet I felt she was
comparatively blameless if rather misguided.
Trish.
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Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 6:36 PM
Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: What to read next?
I read the Martha Quest series in the late 60's and absolutely revelled
in it. But I don't remember a baby with special powers. I must have
been very naieve.
I agree that some of Lessing's work feels a bit dated now, but as
Voldi said about Priestley, what matters is that they are of their
time, and the Martha Quest series certainly was. I've always intended
reading the Golden Notebooks again because I can't remember a thing
about them, but somehow never got round to it.
June
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On Behalf Of Steven Bingham
Sent: 11 June 2013 17:59
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Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: What to read next?
Hi David
I have not read the Golden Notebook but I did read most of the Martha
Quest series. These start as a standard fictional biographical novel
detailing Martha's growing up in South Africa and her migration to
London but then they start getting surreal. She is living in
Post-World War II London and somehow the bomb damage and her pregnacy
lead her to believe that her child is some kind of an alien with
special powers. At this point I gave up. I think it was the third of
fourth books in the series. The Golden Notebook was written after this
series and I understand that it has weird aspects but don't really
know.
Steve
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Sent: 11 June 2013 15:13
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Subject: [ebooktalk] What to read next?
Hi all
I feel like a change from my usual literary diet of murder and mayhem.
I have a list of books for such occasions, books I have wanted to
read for ages and just not done so. I just picked a book at random
and it turns out to be Doris Lesssing's "Golden notebook". I do not
know why it is on my list, although I have heard it is worth reading.
Has anyone read it and if so do you have any comments, either positive
or otherwise. Not sure I have read Lessing before, so it should be
interesting.
David
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