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On misreading Doris Lessing By Cynthia Zarin Since things are so rarely as we imagined them to be, why are we in a continual state of surprise? The road to the picnic spot flooded, the car that won’t start, the milk gone bad, the sweater shrunk in the wash; he loves me, he loves me not. Things are not as they seem, on Shady Lane. A charismatic leader turns out to be a mad king. The surprise may prove a happy one, but with the exception of the marriage plot, it’s not usually the stuff of literature. On my desk, amid newspapers, galleys, and an electric bill is a wooden matryoshka doll. …
摘自《哈泼斯杂志》(Harper's Magazine)第353卷 第2115期 · 2026年8月刊,Cynthia Zarin。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。