In 1920s Rhodesia, leopards and snakes roamed the bush. Yet for 6-year-old Doris Lessing, this inhospitable environment offered a welcome refuge from her parents: Alfred, a soldier whose leg had been ...

For nearly 60 years, Doris Lessing has been writing some of the most daring and important fiction in English. As she approaches her 88th birthday, she is still producing superb and fascinating work.

Her publisher, HarperCollins says that the author of more than 50 works of fiction, nonfiction and poetry, died peacefully early Sunday. By The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Doris Lessing, the Nobel ...

"The Cleft" by Doris Lessing; HarperCollins ($25.95): In her new novel, "The Cleft," Doris Lessing carves out a world as "other" as her own life. One of the most distinguished writers of the last 100 ...