THE FOUR-GATED CITY by Doris Lessing. 613 pages. Knopf. $7.50. Fans of British Novelist Doris Lessing talk about a composite character called the Lessing Woman in much the same way as people once ...

Ms. Lessing was an uninhibited and outspoken novelist who produced dozens of novels, short stories, essays and poems, embarking on dizzying and at times stultifying literary experiments. By Helen T.

Nobel literature prize winner Doris Lessing says she is unlikely to write a new full-length novel, according to excerpts of an interview released Sunday. In extracts of a British Broadcasting Corp.

Celebrated author Doris Lessing has bequeathed her entire book collection to the city library in Harare, it’s been reported. The winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, who died in November 2013, ...

Thank you for signing up for The Nation’s weekly newsletter. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional ...