TON on Nostr: (cont…) LeGuin’s influence on Lessing is obvious. Found this review. ...
(cont…) LeGuin’s influence on Lessing is obvious. Found this review.
https://newrepublic.com/article/115631/doris-lessing-shikasta-reviewed-ursula-le-guin
“If I had read Shikasta without knowing who wrote it, I do not think I would have guessed it to be the work of an established author working with some awkwardness in a new mode; I am afraid I would have said: a first novel, typically earnest and overambitious, badly constructed, badly edited, showing immense promise; when this writer has learned the art we'll have a first-ranker.” (cont...) #haveread
https://newrepublic.com/article/115631/doris-lessing-shikasta-reviewed-ursula-le-guin
“If I had read Shikasta without knowing who wrote it, I do not think I would have guessed it to be the work of an established author working with some awkwardness in a new mode; I am afraid I would have said: a first novel, typically earnest and overambitious, badly constructed, badly edited, showing immense promise; when this writer has learned the art we'll have a first-ranker.” (cont...) #haveread