La obra mas emblematica de Doris Lessing, testimonio clave sobre la condicion femenina y magistral cronica de una generacion, El cuaderno dorado relata la profunda crisis vital de Anna Wulf, escritora divorciada y militante comunista. Solo una nueva forma de mirar la realidad puede salvarla, y a tal fin Anna se lanza a escribir varios cuadernos, cada uno dedicado a una parcela de su existencia. Al no conseguir que den una imagen completa de su vida, empieza a escribir el cuaderno dorado, en el que ambiciona plasmar todos ...
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La obra mas emblematica de Doris Lessing, testimonio clave sobre la condicion femenina y magistral cronica de una generacion, El cuaderno dorado relata la profunda crisis vital de Anna Wulf, escritora divorciada y militante comunista. Solo una nueva forma de mirar la realidad puede salvarla, y a tal fin Anna se lanza a escribir varios cuadernos, cada uno dedicado a una parcela de su existencia. Al no conseguir que den una imagen completa de su vida, empieza a escribir el cuaderno dorado, en el que ambiciona plasmar todos los cabos sueltos de su historia. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Anna is the author of a very successful novel, who now keeps four notebooks. In one, with a black cover, she reviews the African experience of her earlier years. In a red one she records her political life, her disillusionment with communism. In a yellow one she writes a novel in which the heroine relives part of her own experience. And in a blue one she keeps a personal diary. Finally, in love with an American writer and threatened with insanity, Anna tries to bring the threads of all four books together in a golden notebook.
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Reading THE GOLDEN NOTEBOOK was a life-changing experience for me. The book resonated with me so strongly. It's the complex and beautiful story of Anna Wulf, a writer living in London. Anna writes about her love affairs, her job, her writing, her friends, her youthful days in Africa. Several notebooks comprise her diary. In the diary section, she writes of her life. In the novel section is the novel inspired by Anna's life. In a sense, it's a 'mix-and-match' book, like a four-piece suit. I've read the complete work. I've read the 'novel' part only. I've also read the diary section only. TGN is a brilliant novel--an intellectual primer on the 'crystallising process' (as she says) of novel-writing. For years, I'd heard/read rumours that Doris Lessing was this-close to winning the Nobel. So congratulations, Ms. Lessing!! I would also recommend reading Tino Georgiou's bestselling novel--The Fates--if you missed it!!
