Sunday 16:00-16:30, repeated Thursday 16:00-16:30, except first Sunday in the month when it is replaced by Book Club.
Open Book spotlights new fiction and non-fiction, picks out the best of the paperbacks, talks to authors and publishers, and unearths lost masterpieces.
This week
Sunday 17 July 2005
Doris Lessing talks to Mariella about her life, her works, and her latest novel.
Mariella Frostrup talks to Doris Lessing. With over 50 works in every conceivable genre, now at 85 years old, Doris Lessing's life and work span much of the 20th century. Her books explore all the major issues of our age: racism, communism, feminism, terrorism in renowned novels such as 'The Golden Notebook' and 'The Grass is Singing' which launched her career in 1952. In this interview, illustrated with readings from her books, we hear about her life and her work, beginning with her new book out this month which is a sequel to the acclaimed futuristic adventure story, 'Mara and Dann'.
Booklists
Books by Doris Lessing
The Story of General Dann and Mara's Daughter, Griot and the Snow Dog
Publisher: Fourth Estate Ltd
ISBN: 0007152809
The Golden Notebook
Publisher: Flamingo
ISBN: 0586089233
The Grass is Singing
Publisher: Flamingo
ISBN: 0586089241
Briefing for a Descent into Hell
Publisher: Flamingo
ISBN: 0006548083
Memoirs of a Survivor
Publisher: Flamingo
ISBN: 0006493254
Mara and Dan
Publisher: Flamingo
ISBN: 0002256398
Children and Violence Series
Martha Quest
Publisher: Flamingo
ISBN: 0586089985
A Proper Marriage
Publisher: Flamingo
ISBN: 0586089993
A Ripple from the Storm
Publisher: Flamingo
ISBN: 0586090002
Landlocked
Publisher: Flamingo
ISBN: 0586090010
Four Gated City
Publisher: Flamingo
ISBN: 0586090037
More books
Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949
Publisher: Flamingo
ISBN: 0006548253
Walking in the Shade: Volume Two of My Autobiography, 1949-62
Publisher: Flamingo
ISBN: 0006388892
The Sweetest Dream
Publisher: Flamingo
ISBN: 0006552307
