Time Bites - by Doris Lessing (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>"A generous and pleasurable collection. . . . Vibrant and illuminating, with quotable lines on every page. . . . [Lessing is] a superb essayist: lucid, wise, knowledgeable, and witty."-- <em>Booklist</em></strong></p><p>In this collection of the very best of Doris Lessing's essays we are treated to the wisdom and keen insight of a writer who has learned, over the course of a brilliant career, to read the world differently. From imagining the secret sex life of Tolstoy to the secrets of Sufism, from reviews of classic books to commentaries on world politics, these essays span an impressive range of subjects, cultures, periods, and themes, yet they are remarkably consistent in one key regard: Lessing's clear-eyed vision and clearly-expressed prose. But in its breadth and precision<em> Time Bites</em> is more: it is also a map of the human spirit and an intimate diagram of the mind of one of our greatest living writers.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>In this collection of the very best of Doris Lessing's essays, we are treated to the wisdom and keen insight of a writer who has learned, over the course of a brilliant career spanning more than half a century, to read the world differently. From imagining the secret sex life of Tolstoy to the secrets of Sufism, from reviews of classic books to commentaries on world politics, these essays cover an impressive range of subjects, cultures, periods, and themes, yet they are remarkably consistent in one key regard: Lessing's clear-eyed vision and clearly expressed prose.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"[A] generous and pleasurable collection . . . Vibrant and illuminating, with quotable lines on every page. . . . [Lessing is] a superb essayist: lucid, wise, knowledgeable, and witty."--<strong><em>Booklist</em></strong><br><br>"Declaimed in Lessing's brisk, wry voice and articulated with pragmatic intelligence. Her literary reviews always amplify the book at hand; the pieces on Virginia Woolf, Leo Tolstoy and Jane Austen resonate with fresh insight . . . The main theme . . . is the indispensable place of books in the life of an educated person and an enlightened culture. Hers is a clarion call."--<strong><em>Publishers Weekly</em></strong><br><br>"Eloquent, worthy essays . . . At times it's almost as if she's flying alongside the narrative of the book in question, observing it, telling you what she sees. And what she sees is often exactly what is needed to illuminate the book."--<strong><em>Seattle Times</em></strong><br><br>"Lessing has a first-rate critical mind. Her social and political observations are acute."--<strong><em>Miami Herald</em></strong><br><br>"Lessing is a passionate, generous reader and lover of books [and] the range of her literary interests is impressively wide. . . . In these pieces, we hear the tough, uncompromising, direct and courageous voice that has made Lessing an icon for freedom of thought around the world."--<strong><em>Elaine Showalter, Times Literary Supplement (London)</em></strong><br><br>"Lessing seduces the reader into investigating her favorite books . . .<em> Time Bites </em>is provocative in the best sense: Agreeing with Lessing or not, one comes away with the sense of a mind fully engaged with books and the world."--<strong><em>Columbus Dispatch</em></strong><br><br>"Refreshing and invigorating... An invaluable collection.."--<strong><em>Los Angeles Times Book Review</em></strong><br><br>"Running through each essay is a passionate belief that humans can overcome our tendencies for ignorance and cruelty if we apply our minds compassionately to the task . . . [Lessing] possesses the open-minded curiosity of an autodidact."--<strong><em>Denver Post</em></strong><br><br>"There's much to enjoy in this collection of essays."--<strong><em>New York Times Book Review</em></strong><br><br>"This book is remarkably cohesive, and one comes away with a real sense of who Lessing is and what she believes. Even when tackling complex subjects, she writes almost casually, with a conversation-like directness . . . [A] humane and truly internationalist book."--<strong><em>Peter Parker, Sunday Times (London)</em></strong><br>
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