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At no time, anywhere, was the population of a country told the truth: facts about events trickled into general consciousness much later, if ever.

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When a book's pattern and the shape of its inner life is as plain to the reader as it is to the author -- then perhaps it is time to throw the book aside, as having had its day, and start again on something new.

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Doris Lessing

Doris Lessing
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Born: October 22, 1919
Died: November 17, 2013 (aged 94)
Bio: Doris May Lessing was a British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer.
Known for:
  1. The Golden Notebook (1962)
  2. The Grass Is Singing (1950)
  3. The Fifth Child (1988)
  4. The Good Terrorist (1985)
  5. Shikasta (1979)
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