“A work of high seriousness....Absorbing and exciting.” (Irving Howe, New Republic) “The Golden Notebook is Doris Lessing’s most important work and has left its mark upon the ideas and feelings of a whole generation of women.” (Elizabeth Hardwick, New York Times Book Review) “A rewarding book, and an unusually perceptive one.” (Milwaukee Journal) “This exciting writer has tried much, aimed high, and has paraded a galaxy of gifts.” (Baltimore Sun) “No ordinary work of fiction&The technique, in a word, is brilliant.” (Saturday Review)