作为一名在非洲长大有着多元文化背景的英国女作家,多丽丝.莱辛一直致力于对社会和人生的关注,特别是对被主流社会所遗忘的边缘人物的关注。复杂而丰富的人生经历,使莱辛目睹了现代社会变迁过程中边缘人物与社会的不屈抗争。自身特殊的生活经历和体验,使莱辛一直在自己的创作中“持之以恒地表现追求的、探索的、然而漂泊无家的个人”[1]。 Doris Lessing, a British woman writer who grew up in Africa with a multicultural background, has been devoted to social and life concerns, especially those marginalized by the mainstream. Complex and rich experience of life makes Lessing witnessed the unyielding struggle between the marginalized people and the society during the vicissitudes of modern society. His own special life experience and experience, so that Lessing has been in his own creation “Perseverance in the performance of the pursuit, exploration, but drifting homeless individuals ” [1].