I would agree that it is very much of its time, Ian. I struggled with it, didn't find it enjoyable, and didn't finish it. I found it too full of hysterica.
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To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 4:07 PM Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: What to read next?I read it a while back on TB Dave. It's an odd thing. Its structured in a slightly odd way and parts of the story come from the contents of three notebooks, the black, the blue and the golden one. The black relates to time the narrator spent in Africa, the blue to her contemporary life in somewhat bohemian London and the golden one has more arty, esoteric and philosophical jottings. It is also quite of its time and feels like something which was written in the mid 60s. However, I finished it so I can't have found it as tough as memory makes it seem. I'd be very interested in your reaction to it and views on it.
On 11 Jun 2013, at 15:12, David Russell wrote:
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 forages and just not done so. I just picked a book at random and it turns outto 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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