DORRIS LESSING - Under My Skin. Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949

London England, HarperCollins, 1994. 2nd Impression, Binding: Boards, Fine/Very Good/fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 000255545X Hardback There can be few modern autobiographies so revealing of the mind of their creator. This book shows a woman uncompromising, from the beginning, in every respect, who break all the rules, who battles at every turn against her upbringing and enviornment, who looks on the world clear and hard; and yet also displays a softness, a wonderful sense of humour, a compassion for human failure. This book shows - amongst many other things - how completely the life and work of one of the great writers of the twentieth century are of a single and indestructible piece. Illustrated. Price clipped.