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Article: Doris Lessing gets under her own skin Reading the life of a literary icon
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 13, 1994
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NEW YORK -- So here she is at 75, this Yoda-like creature with the
familiar, almost legendary gray bun and a set of surprisingly crinkly
green eyes. Small and dumpling-shaped, Doris Lessing is nevertheless
as dignified as one would expect from one of the grande dames of
British letters: the intellect formidable but modest, the presence
gracious but reserved. With the first volume of her autobiography
published here this month, she has just arrived from London on the
first day of a long book tour, and she presents herself at the lunch
table with dutiful rigor -- rather like a determined schoolgirl
showing up for final exams. "OK, here I am," she announces in that
British Empire accent, ...
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