Alfred and Emily

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• Alfred and Emily

  Writing about one's children is a risky business. But authors' parents? They've long been fair game. Doris Lessing, however, has decided to rewrite the script in this blend of fiction and memoir, imagining how her parents' lives would have been had t ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

• They May Not Mean to, but They Do

  As an adolescent, Doris Lessing looked at her parents sitting on the veranda of their hardscrabble African farm — the British soldier who had lost a leg in World War I, the nurse who had cared for him in a London hospital, now linked in a marriage of ... (read full critics)

  nytimes published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

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  Che cosa sarebbe accaduto ad Alfred ed Emily se non ci fosse stata la guerra?
  Nella prima parte del libro la Lessing immagina la madre sposata a un cardiologo e il padre a una ragazza di campagna.
  Nella seconda parte ci sono flash di vita reale.
  Un critico scrive: "I suspect that re ... (continue)

  Che cosa sarebbe accaduto ad Alfred ed Emily se non ci fosse stata la guerra?
  Nella prima parte del libro la Lessing immagina la madre sposata a un cardiologo e il padre a una ragazza di campagna.
  Nella seconda parte ci sono flash di vita reale.
  Un critico scrive: "I suspect that readers who are very familiar with Doris Lessing and her other works might find this book enjoyable. I don't feel that it holds up well alone. Lessing seems to expect that the reader already knows a great deal about her life. That, coupled with the disjointed style, makes the book less than I had hoped for from a writer of her stature".
  Sono perfettamente d'accordo con lui.

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• ISBN-10: 0007240171
• ISBN-13: 9780007240173
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