(Teresa) Fenixbird's review of The Summer Before the Dark
The Summer Before the Dark (Flamingo Modern Classic) by Doris Lessing
(Teresa) Fenixbird's review
rating:
bookshelves:
cultural-awareness,
fiction
recommended for:
All Great "self talk" Vivid settings
status:
Read in February, 2008
This is wonderful...She (Kate Brown) is 1/4 Portugese married to a lovely Englishman for many years & now at age 45 finds herself suddenly called into active duty as a bona fide Portugese translator...and into a new lifestyle....At Chapter 2 she is embarking on travel to Istanbul, Turkey....I am already amazed at the clever opportunities that this author uses!
On the cover of my 1968 printed paperback I found and bought from Bookmans, also The Golden Notebook is also being promoted! I fear the lead character Kate Brown does not have what it takes to ENJOY a midlife affair. She is thrust in the midst of 1 after another obstacle traveling with her new younger part Spanish love interest..currently the "couple" are stranded in the middle of remote Spain & suffering from terrible dysenterrie with high fever he is being cared for by nuns & a Priest with substandard medical care..."
Quoting NY Times Reporters on her Nobel literature, "Ms. Lessing’s stro...more
On the cover of my 1968 printed paperback I found and bought from Bookmans, also The Golden Notebook is also being promoted! I fear the lead character Kate Brown does not have what it takes to ENJOY a midlife affair. She is thrust in the midst of 1 after another obstacle traveling with her new younger part Spanish love interest..currently the "couple" are stranded in the middle of remote Spain & suffering from terrible dysenterrie with high fever he is being cared for by nuns & a Priest with substandard medical care..."
Quoting NY Times Reporters on her Nobel literature, "Ms. Lessing’s stro...more
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