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The Memoirs of a Survivor is a dystopian novel by Nobel Prize-winner Doris Lessing. It was first published in 1974 by Octagon Press, and Alfred A. Knopf in the U.S. in 1975. It was made into a film in 1981, starring Julie Christie and Nigel Hawthorne, and directed by David Gladwell. [1]
- Doris May Lessing
- 1974
Jan 1, 1974 · Doris Lessing. In a beleaguered city where rats and roving gangs terrorize the streets, where government has broken down and meaningless violence holds sway, a woman -- middle-aged and middle-class -- is brought a twelve-year-old girl and told that it is her responsibility to raise the child.
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Apr 12, 1988 · See all formats and editions. In a beleaguered city where rats and roving gangs terrorize the streets, where government has broken down and meaningless violence holds sway, a woman -- middle-aged and middle-class -- is brought a twelve-year-old girl and told that it is her responsibility to raise the child.
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- Doris May Lessing
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Apr 12, 1975 · The Memoirs of a Survivor. Hardcover – April 12, 1975. In the ruined, barbaric world of the near future, a lone woman cares for a deserted child and surveys her city's disintegration, the hordes of safety-seeking people, and her own painful adolescence, childhood, and infancy.
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- Doris Lessing
Jan 1, 1975 · Doris Lessing. Follow. THE MEMOIRS OF A SURVIVOR. Hardcover – January 1, 1975. by Doris. Lessing (Author) 4.3 99 ratings. See all formats and editions.
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The Memoirs of a Survivor is a dystopian novel by Doris Lessing. It was first published in 1974 by Octagon Press. Many years in the future, city life has broken down, communications...
Nov 14, 2013 · A compelling vision of a disorienting and barbaric future from Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Many years in the future, city life has broken down,...
