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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.
- 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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Memoirs of a Survivor: Directed by David Gladwell. With Julie Christie, Christopher Guard, Leonie Mellinger, Debbie Hutchings. Set in a bleak future where roving gangs of children terrorize city streets, and reality is often an illusion.
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- David Gladwell
- 1981-09
Memoirs of a Survivor is a 1981 British science fiction film directed by David Gladwell, with some scenes filmed at the location of Argyle Street, Norwich. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on the 1974 novel of the same name by Doris Lessing.
Jun 1, 1975 · THE MEMOIRS OF A SURVIVOR. by Doris Lessing & edited by Anne Freedgood ‧RELEASE DATE: June 1, 1975. bookshelf. shop now. amazon. After touching down on common ground In The Summer Before the Dark, Doris Lessing has written another didactic, apocalyptic briefing which she has described elsewhere as "an attempt at autobiography."
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The Memoirs of a Survivor (1975) is a prophetic fantasy that explores psychological and social breakdown. A master of the short story, Lessing has published several collections, including The Story of a Non-Marrying Man (1972) and Stories (1978); her African stories are collected in This… Read More.
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Summaries. Set in a bleak future where roving gangs of children terrorize city streets, and reality is often an illusion. 'D' is a chronicler of a society in chaos, who looks down on the marauding gangs, and rubbish-strewn streets from the fortress prison of her flat.
