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No Witchcraft for Sale
Cartea "Batranul Sef Mshlanga. Vrajile nu-s de vanzare/The Old Chief Mshlanga. No Witchcraft for Sale" de Doris Lessing face parte din colectia SHORT STORIES, colectie de capodopere ale literaturii anglo-americane, editie bilingva romana-engleza. Cu ajutorul cartilor captivante din aceasta colectie puteti sa va exersati si sa va sporiti cunostintele de limba engleza, descoperind in acelasi timp, in versiune integrala, creatii nemuritoare ale unor mari scriitori – clasici si contemporani – intrati in canonul literar universal. Puteti confrunta, pagina cu pagina, textele in engleza cu traduceri romanesti de cea mai buna calitate, pentru a va nuanta si imbogati intelegerea originalului, si puteti sa va notati pe margini cuvinte si expresii noi sau observatii utile. DORIS LESSING (1919-2013) a fost o scriitoare britanica, laureata a Premiului Nobel pentru Literatura, A scris romane, poezie, teatru, biografii si proza scurta. De-a lungul indelungatei sale cariere a primit numeroase premii si distinctii, intre care Premiul Somerset Maugham, Prix Medicis etranger sau Premiul Grinzane Cavour. Printre scrierile sale se numara romanele Carnetul auriu, O coborare in infern, Memoriile unei supravietuitoare, Al cincilea copil, Mitra si volumul de proza scurta Povestiri africane. Profund autobiografica, proza lui Doris Lessing se inspira din experienta africana a autoarei din anii copilariei si ai tineretii si din angajamentele ei sociale sau politice. Stilul realist si totodata liric i-a permis scriitoarei sa abordeze teme precum conflictele dintre culturi, dezradacinarea, nedreptatile rasiale si etnice si contradictia dintre constiinta individuala si binele comun.
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About the author
Doris Lessing
475 books3,183 followersDoris Lessing was born into a colonial family. both of her parents were British: her father, who had been crippled in World War I, was a clerk in the Imperial Bank of Persia; her mother had been a nurse. In 1925, lured by the promise of getting rich through maize farming, the family moved to the British colony in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Like other women writers from southern African who did not graduate from high school (such as Olive Schreiner and Nadine Gordimer), Lessing made herself into a self-educated intellectual.
In 1937 she moved to Salisbury, where she worked as a telephone operator for a year. At nineteen, she married Frank Wisdom, and later had two children. A few years later, feeling trapped in a persona that she feared would destroy her, she left her family, remaining in Salisbury. Soon she was drawn to the like-minded members of the Left Book Club, a group of Communists "who read everything, and who did not think it remarkable to read." Gottfried Lessing was a central member of the group; shortly after she joined, they married and had a son.
During the postwar years, Lessing became increasingly disillusioned with the Communist movement, which she left altogether in 1954. By 1949, Lessing had moved to London with her young son. That year, she also published her first novel, The Grass Is Singing, and began her career as a professional writer.
In June 1995 she received an Honorary Degree from Harvard University. Also in 1995, she visited South Africa to see her daughter and grandchildren, and to promote her autobiography. It was her first visit since being forcibly removed in 1956 for her political views. Ironically, she is welcomed now as a writer acclaimed for the very topics for which she was banished 40 years ago.
In 2001 she was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize in Literature, one of Spain's most important distinctions, for her brilliant literary works in defense of freedom and Third World causes. She also received the David Cohen British Literature Prize.
She was on the shortlist for the first Man Booker International Prize in 2005. In 2007 she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
(Extracted from the pamphlet: A Reader's Guide to The Golden Notebook & Under My Skin, HarperPerennial, 1995. Full text available on www.dorislessing.org).
In 1937 she moved to Salisbury, where she worked as a telephone operator for a year. At nineteen, she married Frank Wisdom, and later had two children. A few years later, feeling trapped in a persona that she feared would destroy her, she left her family, remaining in Salisbury. Soon she was drawn to the like-minded members of the Left Book Club, a group of Communists "who read everything, and who did not think it remarkable to read." Gottfried Lessing was a central member of the group; shortly after she joined, they married and had a son.
During the postwar years, Lessing became increasingly disillusioned with the Communist movement, which she left altogether in 1954. By 1949, Lessing had moved to London with her young son. That year, she also published her first novel, The Grass Is Singing, and began her career as a professional writer.
In June 1995 she received an Honorary Degree from Harvard University. Also in 1995, she visited South Africa to see her daughter and grandchildren, and to promote her autobiography. It was her first visit since being forcibly removed in 1956 for her political views. Ironically, she is welcomed now as a writer acclaimed for the very topics for which she was banished 40 years ago.
In 2001 she was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize in Literature, one of Spain's most important distinctions, for her brilliant literary works in defense of freedom and Third World causes. She also received the David Cohen British Literature Prize.
She was on the shortlist for the first Man Booker International Prize in 2005. In 2007 she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
(Extracted from the pamphlet: A Reader's Guide to The Golden Notebook & Under My Skin, HarperPerennial, 1995. Full text available on www.dorislessing.org).
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February 26, 2025
I don't know. I have mixed feelings about this book. Maybe it's because I read it in English, but It wasn't so special to me.
May 1, 2018
A nice and easy read. If you have an hour and you want to try something new, go for it. I was not that impressed by these short stories, but then again, I am a fan of novels.
April 27, 2017
Another short story by Doris Lessing. I just love the way she writes!
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