Written by one of the living legends of world literature while at the pinnacle of her prowess, this book stuns and dazzles with its penetrating analysis of the social as well the psychological environment of the characters. Written during a period of the last century fraught with conflicting ideas and ideologies, this book reproduces the complex matrix of an era with all its tangles and intricacies intact. Lessing's intellectual honesty and lucidity of thoughts is (awe-) inspiring. Forged wit...

Nice 👍

Quality of the book is top notch. The pages are very thick but the font is very tiny. Given the fact that this novel is already long and complex to read, the small font is not helping.

Content wise, the book is a must read, do not skip the preface by the author.

A good read...
unique way for writing .
The story is written as different notebooks.....you would take a while to get all notebooks in place.

I was a slow reader...took almost 6 months to complete