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  1. The Memoirs of a Survivor. The Memoirs of a Survivor is a dystopian novel by Nobel Prize -winner Doris Lessing. It was first published in 1974 by Octagon Press, and Alfred A. Knopf in the U.S. in 1975. It was made into a film in 1981, starring Julie Christie and Nigel Hawthorne, and directed by David Gladwell. [1]

    • Doris May Lessing
    • 1974
  2. Jan 1, 2001 · The Memoirs of a Survivor, Doris Lessing. The Memoirs of a Survivor is a dystopian novel by Nobel Prize-winner Doris Lessing. It was first published in 1974. The story takes place in a near-future Britain where society has broken down due to an unspecified disaster, referred to as "The Crisis."

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  3. Jul 24, 1995 · The Memoirs of a Survivor. Paperback – 24 July 1995. A compelling vision of a disorietating and barbaric future from Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Many years in the future, city life has broken down, communications have failed and food supplies are dwindling.

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    • Doris May Lessing
  4. May 1, 1975 · That's a good starting place for a review, because Memoirs of a Survivor describes a world where neat chapters and paragraphs are things of the past. There has been some kind of disaster, which has society unravelling. We follow events through the viewpoint of a woman living alone in what was once a smart block of apartments in a large city.

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    • Doris May Lessing
  5. Apr 12, 1988 · The Memoirs of a Survivor. Paperback – April 12, 1988. by Doris Lessing (Author) 4.2 101 ratings. See all formats and editions. In a beleaguered city where rats and roving gangs terrorize the streets, where government has broken down and meaningless violence holds sway, a woman -- middle-aged and middle-class -- is brought a twelve-year-old ...

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    • Doris May Lessing
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    • Vintage
  6. About The Memoirs of a Survivor. In a beleaguered city where rats and roving gangs terrorize the streets, where government has broken down and meaningless violence holds sway, a woman — middle-aged and middle-class — is brought a twelve-year-old girl and told that it is her responsibility to raise the child.

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  8. The Memoirs of a Survivor. "Doris Lessing's new book is a darkly visionary novel set in the not-so-distant future when men, women, and even young children are fighting for survival in a world that is swiftly falling apart. Mrs. Lessing calls this book "an attempt at autobiography," but it is also a fable, a magical tale describing the charged ...

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