Name: Doris Lessing
Year Won: 2007
Read: The Golden Notebook
Original Language: English
Reason: "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny"
About: The Golden Notebook follows the life of a writer who tries to tie the threads of her life together. Or something. IDK. I didn't make it super far as the beginning felt like a rudimentary introduction to feminism 101, which is fine and all, but also kind of boring in the 21st century.
What I liked: There's a nice sense of time, place and character that permeates through the narrative.
What I Disliked: Maybe this fades with time - since I didn't read the whole thing - but the first chapters honestly feel like, 'hey, y'wanna learn about feminism? I'll tell you about feminism!" circa 1970. Which like, yeah, I'm a feminist and all. But it feels super dull and lectury.
Should it have won a Nobel: Maybe it gets better as it continues? IDK.
Next Up: "The Prospector" by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
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