New Releases by Doris Lessing

Science fiction. Doris Lessing''s celebrated space fiction set in an extraordinary cosmos where the fate of the Earth is influenced by the rivalries and interactions of three powerful galactic empires.

Eighteen stories depicting the people and places of London, full of the observation and compassion characteristic of Lessing.

A rich and penetrating portrait of Lessing''s homeland, African Laughter recounts the visits she made to Zimbabwe in 1982, 1988, 1989, and 1992, afte r being exiled from the old Southern Rhodesia for 25 years for her opposition to the minority white government. In an original work, Lessing uses memory and reminiscence with recent experience to depict a country in the process of change.

Vacationing at the seashore, a young boy''s endurance is tested to the limit when he tries to swim through an underwater tunnel.

This reader has been assembled by Doris Lessing herself, and it provides a representative introduction to both her fiction and non-fiction. The book enables the reader to see her ideas evolve over the years as they recur and develop throughout her work.

An account of the Afghan resistance to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

A middle class Englishwoman joins a loose-knit group of political vagabonds and finds herself drawn into a situation she never intended.

Jane, eine Frau in mittleren Jahren, erfolgreich als Mitherausgeberin einer Modezeitschrift, beginnt durch die zufällige Begegnung mit der einsamen, alten Maud Fowley, die in Schmutz und Elend lebt, etwas in ihrem Leben zu ändern. Sie, die das Sterben ihres Mannes und ihrer Mutter in gewissem Sinne zu verdrängen versucht hatte, gewinnt in der sich entwicklnden Freundschaft mit Maud neue Einsichten und entwickelt die Bereitschaft, zu helfen und sich für andere einzusetzen. Die Autorin, hinter der man Doris Lessing vermutet, erzählt die Geschichte der beiden ungleichen Frauen mit Witz, Güte und Humor.

Enthält: The habit of loving. - The woman. - Through the tunnel. - Pleasure. - The day Stalin died. - Wine. - He. - The other woman. - The eye of God in paradise. - 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. - To room nineteen.

Portrays the helpless collisions and alienations of the races in South Africa.

This is a collection of stories about Africa which evoke the people and continent, drawn from the author''s experiences as a child in Southern Rhodesia.

In this collection of stories, which spans four decades, Doris Lessing''s unique gift for observation, her wit, her compassion and remarkable ability to illuminate the complexities of human life are all displayed.