英国文坛宿将多丽丝·莱辛虽已进入耄耋之年,却依然笔耕不辍,近年来不断有新作问世。今年刚刚出版的《本,在人世间》(Ben,In the World)就是其中一本颇受好评的小说。《本,在人世中》是莱辛1988年出版的小说《第五个孩子》的续篇,讲述了已长大成人的主人公本在人世间的种种遭遇,探讨了处于社会边缘的一类人的生存问题,具有极强的社会批判性。本作为主人公,第一次出现在莱辛的小说《第五个孩子》中。年轻的中产阶级夫妇戴 Although Doris Lessing, a British literary maverick, has entered into a sluggish year, she is still struggling with her new works. Ben, In the World, just published this year, is one of the most acclaimed novels. This book is the sequel to Lessing’s Fifth Child, published in Lessing’s 1988 edition. It tells the story of the grown-up protagonist in the world and explores how people in the margins of society Survival issues, with a strong social critique. This as the hero, for the first time in Lessing’s novel “fifth child”. Young middle-class couple wear