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The Memoirs of a Survivor; Prisons We Choose to Live Inside by Doris Lessing

July 1, 2018 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

The Memoirs of a Survivor – 3/5 Stars Amending a previous review of Paul Auster’s In the Country of Last Things to 3/5 stars, I want to also give this novel the same grade. In part, though I have really loved a lot of Doris Lessing novels (but by no means all of — I actually really dislike one of her books) this is not one I liked that much. It’s similar to the Auster novel, which is why I bring it up, and like […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Doris Lessing, prisons we choose to live inside, the memoirs of a survivor

vel veeter's CBR10 Review No:236 · Genres: Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: Doris Lessing, prisons we choose to live inside, the memoirs of a survivor ·
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