Walking in the Shade: Volume Two of My Autobiography--1949-1962

420 Pages·1997·1.01 MB·English

by  Doris Lessing

DORIS LESSING
WALKING IN
THE SHADE
VOLUME TWO OF
MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY
1949-1962

I used to walk in the shade
My blues on parade
Now this rover
Crossed over
To the sunny side of the street
“ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET”

The individual, and groupings of people, have to learn that
they cannot reform society in reality, nor deal with others as
reasonable people, unless the individual has learned to locate
and allow for the various patterns of coercive institutions,
formal and also informal, which rule him. No matter what his
reason says, he will always relapse into obedience to the
coercive agency while its pattern is with him.
IDRIES SHAH, CARAVAN OF DREAMS

Contents
Epigraph iii
Denbigh Road W II 1
Church Street, Kensington W 8 19
Warwick Road SW 5 149
Langham Street WI 277
Acknowledgments 405
About the Author
Other Books by Doris Lessing
Cover
Copyright
About the Publisher