
The landmark novel of the Sixties – a powerful account of a woman searching for her personal, political and professional identity while facing rejection and betrayal. In 1950s London, novelist Anna Wulf struggles with writer’s block.Divorced with a young child, and fearful of going mad, Anna records her experiences in four coloured nots: black for her writing life, red for political views, yellow for emotions, blue for everyday events.But it is a fifth not – the golden not – that finally pulls these wayward strands of her life together. Widely regarded as Doris Lessing’s masterpiece and one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century, ‘The Golden Not’ is wry and perceptive, bold and indispensable.