Doris. The Golden Notebook.

by LESSING

£1,000 · Offered by Henry Sotheran Ltd

‘Very Few People Really Care About Freedom, About Liberty, About the Truth’ LESSING, Doris. The Golden Notebook. London: Michael Joseph . 1962. 8vo. Publisher’s original cream wrappers with ‘proof copy for inspection’ label printed in red to front cover with provisional publication date ‘16th April, 1962’ and provisional price ‘21/-’ lettered in black to label; pp. 568; upper joints repaired, conservation tape repair to joints, creasing to spine and extremities, toning to edges of textblock, cocked; pp. 1 and pp. 568 a little toned; very good. A proof copy of the Nobel Prize Winner’s masterpiece. The Golden Notebook centres on Anna Wulf, a writer who is attempting to unify the four fragmented notebooks in which she has compartmentalised her life into a single ‘golden’ volume. Lessing’s inspiration for the novel arose out of a desire to write a book about the act of writing itself. Initially, she resisted this ambition, feeling as though the trope had been overworked, but over time she realised her individual approach could render it entirely new. SKU: 2120175

• Binding: Hardcover

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