内容简介
Inabeleagueredcitywhereratsandrovinggangsterrorizethestreets,wheregovernmenthasbrokendownandmeaninglessviolenceholdssway,awoman--middle-agedandmiddle-class--isbroughtatwelve-year-oldgirlandtoldthatitisherresponsibilitytoraisethechild.Thisbook,whichtheauthorhascalled"anattemptatautobiography,"isthatwoman'sjournal--aglimpseofafutureonlyslightlymorehorrendousthanourpresent,andoftheforcesthatalonecansaveusfromtotaldestruction.
作者简介
DorisLessingwasbornofBritishparentsinPersia,in1919,andmovedwithherfamilytoSouthernRhodesiawhenshewasfiveyearsold.ShewenttoEnglandin1949andhaslivedthereeversince.Sheistheauthorofmorethanthirtybooks—novels,stories,reportage,poems,andplays.In2007,shewasawardedtheNobelPrizeinLiterature.,,