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"The Golden Notebook is Doris Lessing's most important work and has left its mark upon the ideas and feelings of a whole generation of women." — New York Times Book Review
Anna is a writer, author of one very successful novel, who now keeps four notebooks. In one, with a black cover, she reviews the African experience of her earlier years. In a red one she records her political life, her disillusionment with communism. In a yellow one she writes a novel in which the heroine relives part of her own experience. And in a blue one she keeps a personal diary. Finally, in love with an American writer and threatened with insanity, Anna resolves to bring the threads of all four books together in a golden notebook.
Lessing's best-known and most influential novel, The Golden Notebook retains its extraordinary power and relevance decades after its initial publication.
Lessing's powerful and liberating novel raised the consciousness of a generation, and continues to resonate through the world today. Its central character, Anna, is a writer, the author of one very successful novel, who keeps four notebooks. In one with a black cover she reviews the experiences of her younger years in Africa. A red one records her political life, and growing disillusionment with Communism. In a yellow one Anna writes a novel in which the heroine relives parts of her own experience. And a blue one serves as her personal diary. In love with a macho American writer, threatened with insanity, and fragmented by her own writings, Anna finally gathers the threads of all four journals in a golden notebook.
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