The Golden Notebook: A Novel"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. |
Contents
her friend Molly in the summer | 130 |
Two visits some telephone calls and a tragedy | 269 |
Tommy adjusts himself to being blind while | 393 |
Anna and Molly influence Tommy for the better | 501 |
About Doris Lcssing | 637 |