by Doris Lessing · Feltrinelli · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788807812484
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In a small South African town, Martha grapples with the reality of her recent marriage. Having left the freedom of farm life for the city at nineteen, she soon finds that domestic and social life is far more complicated than she had anticipated. When her husband leaves for the war, Martha faces a period of deep reflection and temptation, forcing her to question the marriage she once considered her only path in life. This novel by Doris Lessing masterfully explores the tensions between social expectations and personal desires, portraying a woman's journey toward self-discovery.
Doris May Lessing was a British novelist – sometimes identified as Rhodesian early in her career – and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007. Lessing was born to British parents in Qajar Iran, where she lived until she was 6 in 1925. Her family then moved to Southern Rhodesia, where she remained until moving to London, England, in 1949. Her novels include The Grass Is Singing (1950), the sequence of five novels collectively called Children of Violence (1952–1969), The Golden Notebook (1962), The Good Terrorist (1985), and five novels collectively known as Canopus in Argos: Archives (1979–1983).
