Lästips royale av the Duchess of Lomma, d.v.s. vår #boblmaf-vän Pondy (Book Pond). Läste den i pdf-format via den här länken och uppskattade bokägarens noteringar. https://www.thebibliophilegirluk.com/2016/11/to-room-nineteen-by-doris-lessing/

En av de första tankarna, måste jag erkänna, var att det verkligen är fiktion att ett par som jobbar på förlag och i reklambranschen skulle kunna köpa ett hus i Richmond, med flodutsikt dessutom. Men den gavs ut -63. Så, här i min förnuftiga garden flat en bit bort läste jag denna långnovell som ekar av V. Woolf och Plath.

Ett exempel på en novell man nog aldrig glömmer om man en gång läst den.
Nyutkommen som Novellix. Konstaterar förnöjt att vissa läsare kommit till den via ett kdrama!

https://koreandramaland.com/the-books-in-because-this-is-my-first-life/

This story haunts me in the same way as "The Yellow Wallpaper"

Michael Plant.

This story haunts me in the same way as "The Yellow Wallpaper"

Emotionally draining, but so well-written. Lessing's ability to cover much of Susan's adult life while showing the subtle shifts in her mental state is incredible.

I only read the title story, To Room Nineteen.

"Intelligent marriage" What kind of a nonsensical description is that? It just forces people, in this case, Susan, to be content with what she has. The moment she yearns for more, she's filled with guilt and the cycle continues. She's constrained by a patriarchal society to not be ambitious or have any sense of individuality. She's always supposed to put her children, her marriage, her husband, and her home before her own self.

This is a wonderful piece of literature that makes people think. Happiness cannot exist without some sadness. Accomplishment cannot exist with a certain degree of struggle. And one cannot be content without having some degree of uncertainty.

There are elements of depression, schizophrenia, anxiety, etc in the later parts of this book. It adds to the desperation that Susan is feeling. This book shows you the situation instead of telling you the situation. It's immersive even when you don't fully understand what the protagonist is going through.

Such a chilling book, makes you really question the purpose of marriage and everything related to it

I love everything about this. This is a perfect read after Kim Ji Young born 1982. also this makes me not wanna get married hahahhahal