Oct. 22:Doris Lessing, advocating women's suffrage 1915

Doris May Lessing, CH was a British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer.Wikipedia

Born: October 22, 1919, Kermanshah, Iran

Died: November 17, 2013, London, United Kingdom

Movies: Adore, My Friend Victoria, Killing Heat, Memoirs of a Survivor

Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature, MORE

Quotes

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.

Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.

Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so.

今天決定讀讀Doris 的短篇。找到選集中的One off the Short List。不過摘錄的這篇The Wine 也有青春與性的張力。

Everyman's Library

2015年10月23日 8:30 · 

“Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.”
― Doris Lessing, who was born on this day in 1919 in Kermanshah, Persia

This wide-ranging collection of the stories by the renowned Nobel Laureate—spanning more than two decades of her astonishing career—highlights her singular gifts for portraying the complex lives of men and women in a modern, often alienating world. Included are seminal stories like “To Room Nineteen,” in which a woman reacts against the oppression of her banal marriage with dreadful results; “One off the Short List,” which traces the surprising conclusion to a seduction gone awry; “The Habit of Loving,” in which a lonely older man who takes a vivacious, young wife witnesses an unexpected reversal of intimacy. Here are two classic novellas as well: The Temptation of Jack Orkney and The Other Woman, which exemplify Lessing’s grasp of the most essential human psychology. Rich and various in mood and background—the settings range across England and France—these stories powerfully convey the uncompromising insight, intelligence, and vision of one of the most ardently admired writers of our time. READ an excerpt here: http://knopfdoubleday.com/book/100294/stories/9780307269881/

On this day in 1915, more than 25,000 women marched up Fifth Avenue in Manhattan advocating women's suffrage -- at the time, the largest march ever held in New York City.

Photo from Cornell University Library - Rare and Manuscript Collections' Lindseth Collection of American Woman Suffrage.