Doris Lessing. The Sweetest Dream.
| Publisher | University of Oklahoma |
| Publication | World Literature Today |
| Subject | Literature/writing |
| Format | Magazine/Journal |
| ISSN | 0196-3570 |
| Issues per Year | 4 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Published | 2002-03-22 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Reviewee | n/a | Doris Lessing |
| Author | n/a | Charles P. Sarvan |
| Related Content | Type |
| The Sweetest Dream | Salem on Literature |
London. Flamingo/HarperCollins. 2001 478 pages. 16.99 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-00-226161-8
DORIS LESSING'S LATEST novel has two settings: London during the last few decades of the twentieth century, and Zimlia, a thin disguise for Zimbabwe, formerly Southern Rhodesia. In London, the focus is on middle-aged Frances, divorced wife of "Comrade" Johnny Lennox (b. 1920), and on the large house in which she lives with her two sons, Andrew (b. 1939) and Colin (b. 1945). Johnny's mother, the long-widowed Julia (Julia von Arne, b. 1900), owns the house and occupies the upper floor....
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