The Memoirs of a Survivor.
by LESSING, Doris
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- first
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About This Item
The Octagon Press, London.. First edition. Octavo. pp 182, [4] adverts. ''An attempt at autobiography''.Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the front free endpaper: ''To Peter Owen from Doris Lessing - 7th January 1975''. The recipient is the renowned publisher of seven Nobel Prize winners. Lessing herself became a Nobel laureate in 2007, although she was never one of Owen's authors.Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Very good indeed in very good, slightly creased dustwrapper.
Synopsis
The Memoirs of a Survivor is a dystopian novel by Nobel Prize-winner Doris Lessing. It was first published in 1974 by Octagon Press. It was made into a film in 1981, starring Julie Christie and Nigel Hawthorne, and directed by David Gladwell.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Memoirs of a Survivor.
- Author
- LESSING, Doris
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- The Octagon Press, London.
- Keywords
- nobel prize
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