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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. 3.59. 3,352 ratings316 reviews. 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, 1975 · The Memoirs of a Survivor Hardcover – April 12, 1975. by Doris Lessing (Author) 4.2 100 ratings. See all formats and editions. 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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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
- $16
- Vintage
About The Memoirs of a Survivor. 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.
- Paperback
The Memoirs of a Survivor by Doris Lessing. From the book jacket: "Doris Lessing's new book is a darkly visionary novel set in the not-so-distant future when men, women, and even young children are fighting for survival in a world that is swiftly falling apart.
Nov 14, 2013 · The Memoirs of a Survivor Kindle Edition. by Doris Lessing (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.2 98 ratings. See all formats and editions. A compelling vision of a disorienting and barbaric future from Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
