NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2007

The 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to Doris Lessing, British author.

"that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny"

The Elk Grove Village Library has these works of fiction written by Miss Lessing:
Love, Again (1996)
The Fifth Child (1988)
Prisons We Choose to Live Inside (1987)
The Real Thing: Stories and Sketches (1992)
The Doris Lessing Reader (1988)
Mara and Dann: An Adventure (1999)
Ben, in the World: The Sequel to The Fifth Child (2000)
The Sweetest Dream (2002)
The Golden Notebook (1999)
The Grandmothers: Four Short Novels (2003)

The Library also has these biographical works:
Particularly Cats--and Rufus (1991) (BIO LES)
African Laughter: Four Visits to Zimbabwe (1992) (828.9 LES)

Critical writings about Doris Lessing include:
The Novelistic Vision of Doris Lessing: Breaking the Forms of Consciousness (1979) by Roberta Rubenstein (823.9 RUB)
Doris Lessing (1986) edited by Harold Bloom (823.914 DOR)
Doris Lessing (2003) edited by Harold Bloom (823.914 LES)
Critical Essays on Doris Lessing (1986) [edited by] Claire Sprague and Virginia Tiger (823 CRI)

More information can be found on her work (plus interviews and links) on this PBS site, Contemporary Writers, and the Nobel Prize site.