Stories

Lessing, Doris 1919-2013 (Author). Drabble, Margaret. (Added Author).

Summary: This wide-ranging collection of stories by the renowned Nobel Laureate - spanning more than two decades of her career - highlights her singular gifts for portraying the complex lives of men and women in a modern, often alienating world.

Record details

ISBN: 9780307269881
ISBN: 0307269884
Physical Description: print
xxxix, 655 p. ; 21 cm.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

The habit of loving -- The woman -- Through the tunnel -- Pleasure -- The witness - The day Stalin died -- Wine -- He -- The eye of God in paradise -- The other woman -- One off the short list -- A woman on a roof -- How I finally lost my heart -- A man and two women -- A room -- England versus England -- Two potters -- Between men -- Our friend Judith -- Each other -- Homage for Isaac Babel -- Outside the ministry -- Dialogue -- Notes for a case history -- To room nineteen -- An old woman and her cat -- Side benefits of an honourable profession -- A year in Regent's Park -- Report on the threatened city -- Mrs. Fortescue -- An unposted love letter -- Lions, leaves, roses -- Not a very nice story -- The other garden -- The temptation of Jack Orkney.