| Prisons We Choose to Live Inside Contributor(s): Lessing, Doris (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060390778 ISBN-13: 9780060390778 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $10.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1987 Annotation: One of the world's most extraordinary writers addresses directly the prime question before us all: how to think for ourselves, how to understand what we know, how to pick a path in a world deluged with opinions and information, how to look at our society and ourselves with fresh eyes. A small book with high impact and enormous carrying power. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Essays - Philosophy | Social - Philosophy | Mind & Body |
| Dewey: 823.914 |
| LCCN: 87045064 |
| Series: Cornelia & Michael Bessie Books |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5" W x 7.98" (0.23 lbs) 78 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of the most important writers of the past hundred years. -- The Times (London) In this perceptive collection of essays, Doris Lessing addresses directly the prime questions before us all: how to think for ourselves, how to understand what we know, how to pick a path in a world deluged with opinions and information, and how to look at our society and ourselves with fresh eyes. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lessing, Doris: - Winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature, Doris Lessing was one of the most celebrated and distinguished writers of our time, the recipient of a host of international awards. She wrote more than thirty books--among them the novels Martha Quest, The Golden Notebook, and The Fifth Child. She died in 2013. |