Doris Lessing : a life considered /
Doris Lessing is one of the most powerful women writers of our century. Using her sharp observations of everyday life along with her concern for the broad issues affecting society, Lessing has created a body of work with great insight. Here, biographer and critic Claire Tomalin and science fiction w...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, NJ :
Films for the Humanities & Sciences ;
[2000]
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| Summary: | Doris Lessing is one of the most powerful women writers of our century. Using her sharp observations of everyday life along with her concern for the broad issues affecting society, Lessing has created a body of work with great insight. Here, biographer and critic Claire Tomalin and science fiction writer Brian Aldiss interview Lessing about her life and work, with special focus on her novel The Fifth Child. Included are dramatized extracts from that novel, and from Memoirs of a Survivor, The Good Terrorist, and The Sentimental Agents, read by actresses Janet Suzman and Susan Fleetwood. |
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| Item Description: | Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (54 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS |