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Blogs in January 2021

On Cats 18th January 2021

A memoir in which we meet the cats that have slunk and bullied and charmed their way into Doris Lessing’s life. She tells their stories- their exploits, rivalries, terrors, affections, ancient gestures, and learned behaviours- with vivid simplicity.

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African Laughter 30th September 2020

In this portrait of Doris Lessing’s homeland, the author recounts the visits she made to Zimbabwe in 1982, 1988, 1989 and 1992, after being banned from the old Southern Rhodesia for 25 years for her political views and opposition...

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The Grass is Singing 4th July 2019

Set in Rhodesia, ‘The Grass is Singing’ tells the story of Dick Turner, a failed white farmer and his wife, Mary, a town girl who hates the bush and viciously abuses the black South Africans who work on their...

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