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1、DORISLESSINGThrouglttheTunnelDorisLessing(1919-)wasborninPersiaofBritishparentsandgrewuponafarmlnSouthernRhodesia.ln1949sheleftAfricaforEngland,takingwithherthemanuscriptofherfirstnovel,TheGrassisSinging(1950),whichissetinSouthernAfrica.Shehaswrittenexperimentalnovels,suchasBr
2、iefingforaDescentintoHeII(1971)andTheMemoirsofaSurvivor(I974),.andhasexploredavarietyofsubiectsrangingfromfeministpoliticsinTheGoldenNotebook(7962)tourbanterrorisminTheGootlTerorisf(1985).Throughouthercareershehasalsopublishedvolumesofshortstories,arnongthemTfteHabitofLoving(1
3、957),fromwhichthefollowingstoryistaken,andAManandTwoWomen(1963).Goingtotheshoreonthefirstmorn-Nextmorning,whenitwastimefortheingoftheholiday,theyoungEnglishboyroutineofswimmingandsunbathing,hisstoppedataturningofthepathandmothersaid,"Areyoutiredoftheusuallookeddownatawildandro
4、ckybay,andbeach,Jerry?Wouldyouliketogothenovertothecrowdedbeachheknewsomewhereelse?"sowellfromotheryears.Hismother"Oh,no!"hesaidquickly,smilingatherwalkedoninfrontofhim,carryingaoutofthatunfailingimpulseofcontritionbright-stripedbaginonehand.Herother-asortofchivalry.Yet,walkin
5、gdownthearm,swingingloose,wasverywhiteinthepathwithher,heblurtedout,"I'dliketosun.Theboywatchedthatwhite,nakedgoandhavealookatthoserocksdownarm,andturnedhiseyes,whichhadathere."frownbehindthem,towardthebayandShegavetheideaherattention.Itwasabackagaintohismother.Whenshefeltwild
6、-lookingplace,andtherewasnoonehewasnotwithher,sheswungaround.there,butshesaid,"Ofcourse,Jerry.When"Oh,thereyouare,Jerryl"shesaid.Sheyou'vehadenough,cometothebigbeach.lookedimpatient,thensmiled."Why,Orjustgostraightbacktothevilla,ifyoudarling,wouldyourathernotcomewithlike."Shew
7、alkedaway,thatbarearm,nowme?Wouldyourathet-?"slightlyreddenedfromShefrowned,conscien-DorisLessing,1988ye:terday'ssun,swinging.tiouslyworryingoverwhatAndhealmostranafteramusementshemightheragain,feelingitun-secretlybelongingforbearablethatsheshouldwhichshehadbeentoogobyherself,
8、buthedidbusyortoocarelesstonot.imagine.Hewasveryfa-Shewasthin
