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Doris Lessing – On Siblings and Stories

Doris Lessing talks about her latest novel, and about the experiences that fed into it

Distinguished author of The Golden Notebook, Doris Lessing, talks about her experience of real drought in Zimbabwe and her adored younger brother, both of which she drew on to write her new novel, Mara and Dann. It follows the fortunes of a brother and sister, in a future time after an ice age has destroyed Europe.

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28 minutes

Â鶹Éç World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project