Writer Doris Lessing spells out mankind 's dependence on stories . Lessing on storytelling : `` It 's always going on in one way or another . '' Her own life is itself a great story : born in Persia , she grew up in southern Africa . She was the daughter of an English father and a German mother ; her family moved to England when she was five years old.
Writer Doris Lessing spells out mankind 's dependence on stories . Lessing on storytelling : `` It 's always going on in one way or another . '' Her own life is itself a great story : born in Persia , she grew up in southern Africa . The Nobel prizewinner says her latest novel `` Alfred and Emily '' will be her last .