A Man and Two Women, by Doris Lessing
Luminous short stories
(Review posted 9 Jan 2005 01:48:59)

Another of those books where the less said the better, as long as it's enough to get you to read it.

Lessing is a great writer. These are great short stories. They are lucid, and intelligent, and deep, and heart-rending. Lessing observes people with a cold eye, and at the same time with a warm understanding. She is brutally, and beautifully, honest about what she sees. I wish I could write like this.