DL/A-Z//SAIN - [Correspondence with Thérèsa de Saint Phalle of Éditions Stock]

DL/A-Z//SAIN

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[Correspondence with Thérèsa de Saint Phalle of Éditions Stock]

1987

5 Letters (typescript and MS)

Saint Phalle, Thérèsa de
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013

5 items, some highlighted. Correspondence between Thérèsa de Saint Phalle of Éditions Stock and Doris Lessing, regarding a preface to Idries Shah's Thinkers of the East. Includes discussions on Sufism.

DL/A-Z//SAIN/001 [from Thérèsa de Saint Phalle to Doris Lessing, 23/07/1987]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes that she will be given the French translation of Thinkers of the East to publish, and asks if Lessing will write the forward to help promotion. Discusses the possibility of Lessing writing in this introduction "that the secret of Afghan resistance lies in its own energy which is of Sufi origin".

DL/A-Z//SAIN/003 [from Doris Lessing to Thérèsa de Saint Phalle, 29/07/1987]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes that she accepts to write the introduction, but says that she doesn't think it "necessarily true" that the secret of Afghan resistance lies Sufi origin.