Going Home

Have you ever wondered what it feels like to return to a place that is both home and not-home? Nobel laureate Doris Lessing grapples with this very question, offering you a powerful lens to explore your own sense of identity, belonging, and the complexities of the past. This travel memoir takes you on Lessing's poignant 1956 journey back to Southern Rhodesia after being declared a prohibited immigrant. You'll gain a raw, firsthand account of the emotional and political landscape of a country on the brink of change, exploring the deep-seated tensions of colonial legacy and the personal struggle to reconcile memory with reality.

Doris Lessing, one of the most celebrated writers of the 20th century, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for her epic and skeptical female experience. Raised in Southern Rhodesia now Zimbabwe, her profound and often critical perspective on colonial society was forged by decades of firsthand observation. Lessing's early life in Africa provided the raw material for her unflinching explorations of race, politics, and identity, giving her a unique and powerful voice on the complexities of the colonial legacy.