Doris Lessing tackles the 1960s and their legacy head-on in her most involving, most personal, most political novel for some years. In 2001, Doris Lessing was awarded the David Cohen British Literature Prize for a lifetime of excellence, consolidating her position as the "grande dame" of English literature. "...the passion of her ideas and vision remain undiminished. She's up there in the pantheon with Honore de Balzac and George Eliot" "Independent"
