The Unexpected Universe of Doris Lessing: A Study in Narrative Technique

by Katherine Fishburn

In this first study of Doris Lessing's science fiction, Fishburn devotes a chapter to each of Lessing's seven novels. Her major argument is that Lessing uses these novels to change our perception of reality by describing worlds that are simultaneously similar to and different from our own. Of particular importance is the fact that each narrator, by functioning as an intermediary or guide-leader, helps skeptical readers to experience the alien worlds...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313234248
• ISBN13: 9780313234248
• Release Date: December 1985
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"