The Golden Notebook：A Novel

Annaisawriter,authorofoneverysuccessfulnovel,whonowkeepsfournotebooks.Inone,withablackcover,shereviewstheAfricanexperienceofherearlieryears.Inaredonesherecordsherpoliticallife,herdisillusionmentwithcommunism.Inayellowoneshewritesanovelinwhichtheheroinerelivespartofherownexperience.Andinablueoneshekeepsapersonaldiary.Finally,inlovewithanAmericanwriterandthreatenedwithinsanity,Annaresolvestobringthethreadsofallfourbookstogetherinagoldennotebook.DorisLessing'sbest-knownandmostinfluentialnovel,TheGoldenNotebookretainsitsextraordinarypowerandrelevancedecadesafteritsinitialpublication.