{"product_id":"walking-in-the-shade-volume-two-of-my-autobiography-1949-1962-9780060929565","title":"Walking in the Shade: Volume Two of My Autobiography--1949-1962","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Doris Lessing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary Figures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second volume of Doris Lessing's extraordinary autobiography covers the years 1949-62, from her arrival in war-weary London with her son, Peter, and the manuscript for her first novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Grass is Singing, \u003c\/em\u003e under her arm to the publication of her most famous work of fiction, \u003cem\u003eThe Golden Notebook.\u003c\/em\u003e She describes how communism dominated the intellectual life of the 1950s and how she, like nearly all communists, became disillusioned with extreme and rhetorical politics and left communism behind. Evoking the bohemian days of a young writer and single mother, Lessing speaks openly about her writing process, her friends and lovers, her involvement in the theater, and her political activities. \u003cem\u003eWalking in the Shade\u003c\/em\u003e is an invaluable social history as well as Doris Lessing's Sentimental Education.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408211075223,"sku":"9780060929565","price":1567.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780060929565.webp?v=1767309521","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/walking-in-the-shade-volume-two-of-my-autobiography-1949-1962-9780060929565","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}