TheGrandmothers

作者 Doris Lessing著
出版社 HarperPerennial
出版时间 2004年10月
ISBN 9780007152810
定价 80.60

内容简介

FournovellasbyDorisLessing,winneroftheNobelPrizeforLiterature,thatonceagainshowhertobeunequalledinherabilitytocapturethetruthofthehumancondition.Thetitlestory,'TheGrandmothers',isanastonishingtourdeforce,ashockinglyintimateportraitofanunconventionalextendedfamilyandthelengthstowhichtheywillgotofindhappinessandlove.Writtenwithakeencinematiceye,thestoryisaruthlessdissectionoftheveneerofmiddle-classmoralityandconvention.'VictoriaandtheStaveneys',takesusthrough20yearsofthelifeofayoungunderprivilegedblackgirlinLondon.AchancemeetingintroduceshertotheStaveneys-aliberalwhitemiddle-classfamily-and,seduced,shefallspregnantbyoneofthesons.Asherdaughtergrowsup,VictoriafeelsherparentalcontroldiminishingastheattractionsoftheStaveneys'worldexertthemselves.AnhonestandoftenuncomfortablelookatracerelationsinLondonoverthepastfewdecades,Lessingreaffirmsherbrillianceatdemonstratingtheeffectofsocietyontheindividual.Withthesenovellas,and'TheReasonforIt'and'ALoveChild',Lessingprovesonceagainthatsheisoneofourmostvaluableandinsightfullivingauthors.

作者简介

DorisLessingisoneofthemostimportantwritersofthetwentiethcenturyandwasawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiterature2007.Herfirstnovel,'TheGrassisSinging',waspublishedin1950.Amongherothercelebratednovelsare'TheGoldenNotebook','TheFifthChild'and'MemoirsofaSurvivor'.Shehasalsopublishedtwovolumesofherautobiography,'UndermySkin'and'WalkingintheShade'.DorisLessingdiedon17November2013attheageof94.

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