The Grass is Singing: An unforgettable debut novel of classic psychological fiction - Softcover

Lessing, Doris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007498802 ISBN 13: 9780007498802

Publisher: Fourth Estate Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

An unforgettable debut novel of classic psychological fiction

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About the Author

Doris Lessing was one of the most important writers of the second half of the 20th-century and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007. Her novels include The Grass is Singing, The Golden Notebook and The Good Terrorist. In 2001, Lessing was awarded the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in British literature. In 2008, The Times ranked her fifth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". She died in 2013.

From the Back Cover

The Nobel Prize-winner Doris Lessing’s first novel is a taut and tragic portrayal of a crumbling marriage, set in South Africa during the years of Arpartheid.

Set in Rhodesia, ‘The Grass is Singing’ tells the story of Dick Turner, a failed white farmer and his wife, Mary, a town girl who hates the bush and viciously abuses the black South Africans who work on their farm. But after many years, trapped by poverty, sapped by the heat of their tiny house, the lonely and frightened Mary turns to Moses, the black cook, for kindness and understanding.

A masterpiece of realism, ‘The Grass is Singing’ is a superb evocation of Africa’s majestic beauty, an intense psychological portrait of lives in confusion and, most of all, a fearless exploration of the ideology of white supremacy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fourth Estate Ltd
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007498802
• ISBN 13: 9780007498802
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208