The Grandmothers: Four Short Novels - Paperback

from gbelik

This book contains four novellas that show off Doris Lessing wide-ranging ideas and her facility with plot and language. Not as wonderful as some of her works, but very enjoyable.

from SheilaDeeth

I'm still trying to work out how long a piece of writing has to be if it's called a novel. The Grandmothers is a set of four "short novels," according to its cover. But how is that different from four novellas? The first, and title, story is an intriguing family tale of just 53 pages. Two fathers...

from leforestiere

great stories. loved "the reason for it" and "love child" the most.

from gypsysmom

I predicted a year before it happened that Doris Lessing would get the Nobel Prize. I haven't read very much of her work, maybe five of her novels and none of the rest of her works, but I just felt that the depth and breadth of her output was deserving of that acknowledgement. So I was very happy...

from tandah

I loved the story [The Grandmothers] but could not face completing any of the other stories in this collection. [[Doris Lessing]] is a brilliant writer, but her subjects are too harsh.