The Temptation of Jack Orkney: Collected Stories, Vol. 2 (Flamingo Modern Classics)
By Doris Lessing.
Description
From Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, the second volume of her collected short stories. Lessing is unrivalled in her ability to capture the complexities of relationships, and the stories in this wonderful collection have lost none of their original power. Two marriages, both middle class, liberal and `rather literary', share a shocking flaw, a secret `cancer'. A young, beautiful woman from a working-class family is courted by a very eligible, very upmarket man. An ageing actress falls in love for the first time but can only express her feelings through her ...
ISBN(s)
0006548075, 9780006548072
