Doris Lessing
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300 short stories: story 297
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Homage for Isaac Babel” author: Doris Lessing year: 1958 where: Al Reem note: This story has such a curious premise and there is virtually no backstory for the characters or their relationships to one another, which makes me think of Hemingway, of course. a line: “Philip rescued her by saying with disdain: ‘Some people don’t know…
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100 short stories:: story 94
Samantha Neugebauer
story: A Woman on a Roof author: Doris Lessing year: 1963 where: home, with the new kitten on the table in front of me note: the cruelty of a woman’s indifference to men…particularly the kind who bark at her. 1960s or…and…today! a line: “His sun-heated face was screwed into a rage as he whistled again and again, trying…
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 