To Room Nineteen

For more than four decades, Doris Lessing's work has wittily and wryly observed the muddle and passion of human relations, unflinchingly dissected its truths and shown us the unique quality of her understanding. From the magnificent 'To Room Nineteen', a study of a dry, controlled middle class marriage 'grounded in intelligence', to the shocking and sharp 'A Woman on a Roof, where a workman becomes obsessed with a pretty sunbather, this superb collection of stories from the 1950s through to the 1990s bears witness to Doris Lessing's extraordinary perspective on the human condition.