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Briefing for a Descent into Hell

by Doris Lessing

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Publisher Comments:

A fascinating look inside the mind of a man who is supposedly "mad."
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About the Author

Doris Lessing was born of British parents in Persia, in 1919, and moved with her family to Southern Rhodesia when she was five years old. She went to England in 1949 and has lived there ever since. She is the author of more than thirty booksnovels, stories, reportage, poems, and plays. In 2007, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780394746623
Author:
Lessing, Doris
Publisher:
Vintage
Author:
Lessing, Doris
Location:
New York:
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
British and irish fiction (fictional works by
Subject:
Mentally ill
Subject:
Psychological fiction
Subject:
General Fiction
Copyright:
1971
Edition Description:
1st Vintage Books ed.
Series:
Vintage
Series Volume:
no. 686
Publication Date:
April 1981
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
7.00x4.23x.79 in. .37 lbs.
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