Reviewer Lara Feigel
found that PB
's allusions to actual, historical people (Paul sharing sentiments, his place of work, the circumstances of his falling in love, with Graham Greene
; Elinor owing something to Elizabeth Bowen
Literary responses
Doris Lessing
Her effect on her readers has always been both intense and personal. Jenny Diski, who was almost her adopted daughter, expressed a very mixed response to Lessing in person in In Gratitude, 2016. Lara Feigel
Timeline
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Texts
Feigel, Lara. “Ruins and recreation”. Guardian Weekly, p. 38.
