Chronology Entry
Year
2008
Text
Doris Lessing ; Halliburton, Rachel. Interview. In : Time out, London ; May 5 (2008).
http://www.timeout.com/london/books/doris-lessing-interview
From African revolutionary to reluctant darling of the London establishment, author Doris Lessing has travelled a long way in her 88 years. Time Out finds the lauded author on feisty form, discussing mescaline, life as a feminist icon in China and why her latest novel will be her last.
Lessing, who travelled to China in the '80s, is characteristically as interested in the country's own literature as in its embracing of her writing. Her admiration for Xiaolu Guo, author of A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary For Lovers, also shows how the relentlessly unclubbable Lessing is drawn to exiles: she has spent much time with them in London, and at one stage her home became a welcoming point for Africans escaping from countries that would later take them back as leaders.
http://www.timeout.com/london/books/doris-lessing-interview
From African revolutionary to reluctant darling of the London establishment, author Doris Lessing has travelled a long way in her 88 years. Time Out finds the lauded author on feisty form, discussing mescaline, life as a feminist icon in China and why her latest novel will be her last.
Lessing, who travelled to China in the '80s, is characteristically as interested in the country's own literature as in its embracing of her writing. Her admiration for Xiaolu Guo, author of A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary For Lovers, also shows how the relentlessly unclubbable Lessing is drawn to exiles: she has spent much time with them in London, and at one stage her home became a welcoming point for Africans escaping from countries that would later take them back as leaders.
Mentioned People (1)
Lessing, Doris
(Kermanschah, Iran 1919-2013 London) : Englische Schriftstellerin, Nobelpreisträgerin
Subjects
Literature : Occident : Great Britain