Lessing, Doris May
The Sweetest Dream
- ISBN 13:
- 9780006552307
- author:
- Lessing, Doris May
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Flamingo
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2002
- Pages:
- 496
- Dimensions:
- 129mm X 198mm
- Genre:
- Modern fiction
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Doris Lessing's The Sweetest Dream is a powerful and personal novel that explores the complexities of family life in 1960s London. At its centre is Frances Lennox, who welcomes her sons and their friends into her home for a feast, but beneath the surface, tensions simmer. As the evening wears on, Comrade Johnny, Frances's ex-husband, delivers impassioned speeches, while his mother, Sylvia, seeks solace in her relationship with one of her children. Meanwhile, the young people around them are grappling with their own identities and the changing world around them. The boundaries between tolerance and resistance begin to blur. In this nuanced and thought-provoking novel, Lessing masterfully captures the spirit of a decade that was both full of promise and fraught with uncertainty.
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