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Mara and Dann

by Doris Lessing · 1998

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An emotionally involving science-fantasy novel with a focus on history and sociological relevance, Mara and Dannis Doris Lessing's return to magic realism after a number of autobiographies and books of essays. As with most of her work, this tale is set in Africa (now known as Ifrik) but several thousand years in the future. Mara and Dannis a strange and powerful parable concerned with both mankind's usual foibles and great shifts in the environment, any of which might spell doom for the human race.

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science fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thisdystopiadystopiaMore like thisLess of thispost-apocalypticpost-apocalypticMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisAfricaAfricaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 407 pages

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