Tuesday, October 16, 2007

From the Newspapers - III

The Doris Lessing Quiz

Doris Lessing is in news for 'winning the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature'

Doris Lessing's first book 'The Grass is Singing' was banned in Rhodesia because it depicted an interracial relationship between a lady, Mary, and her servant, Moses, with the backdrop of Rhodesia.

Doris Lessing was born in Persia

This book by Doris is the first in the Canopus in Argos series of Soft Science fiction books. The title of this book is derived from a Persian which means 'broken' Shikasta

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