The Grandmothers: Four Short Novels
| Author | Doris Lessing |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Flamingo |
Publication date | 2003 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
The Grandmothers: Four Short Novels is set of four short novels published in 2003 by 2007 Nobel laureate Doris Lessing.
Plot summaries
The Grandmothers
Rozeanne and Liliane, two British schoolgirls, end up as neighbours after they get married. Their marriages crumble but their friendship keeps on. Both are infatuated with one another's grandson, to the boys's sometime wives's dismay.
Victoria and the Staveneys
In London, Victoria, a Black girl, stays over in a white liberal household one night. Over the years, her aunt gives in to cancer, and she looks back on her night at the Staveney's with longing. Much later, she has a little girl, Mary, with one of the Staveneys's sons, Edward. Mary ends up relinquishing her mother's house for the whites's upbringing.
The Reason for It
In an extant paper, a member of The Twelve, an oligarchy, tells of the history of his civilisation. Subsequent to Destra's death, her son DeRod takes up her role after The Twelve pick him. The civilisation is slowly destroyed; after much reflection, the narrator realises DeRod cannot be blamed for it: he was an idiot and did not know what he was doing.
A Love Child
During the Second World War, James, a British young man, is dispatched to South Africa and India. In SA, he has an affair with a British girl who lives there, Daphne. She becomes pregnant and he never forgets about her. Both of them get married, and when the child is twenty he flies to SA and attempts to meet him. He only receives a picture; his life goes on but his marriage seems a sham.
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