The Doris Lessing Reader -
The author has selected a superior sampling of her short stories, novels, andnonfiction for this publication.
Figures in a Landscape -
Two soldiers have escaped from a column of prisoners of war, with one gun and a few rounds of ammunition. Their most important resource being their instinct to survive. Safety is 400 miles away, across savage country but all the time they are pursued by a helicopter which hovers overhead. From the
