Doris Lessing wins the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature
Posted in Reading, Writing, Books on October 11th, 2007 by Eric FranklinFirst of all, congratulations to Doris Lessing.
I’ve never read her work before but I’ve been thinking about starting a series of blog posts where I read all of the Nobel Prize winners for Literature and write about the experience. Have any of you read Doris Lessing? Any thoughts on what book I should start with? I read in her wikipedia entry that she considers the Canopus in Argos series to be her most important work to date.
If you have ideas on which Doris Lessing book I should start with, please suggest it in the comments.
Update: You can check out the New York Times article here. I love the photo of Doris Lessing sitting there in disbelief on her front porch.
Stout, sharp and a bit hard of hearing, after a few moments Ms. Lessing excused herself to go inside. “Now I’m going to go in to answer my telephone,” she said. “I swear I’m going upstairs to find some suitable sentences which I will be using from now on.”
Update 2: With everyone getting in on the action, it was only a matter of time before Kakutani weighed in.