The Grass is Singing
Language: English
Published by Heinemann, London, Ibadan, Nairobi, 1981
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Eaglestones, Oudtshoorn, South AfricaEaglestones
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On title page; "Now recognized as one of the finest post-war novels, this book is set against the sombre background of Rhodesia with its highly explosive racial situation. It tells the tragic story of a white settler and his wife and their native servant. This powerful book is recommended for older readers." ------------------------- 256 pages. Note to previous owner from her daughter appears on inside front cover ---------- Orders over $100.00 are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: Approx 4½ " Wide - 7½ " Tall.
Seller Inventory # 000852
- Title
- The Grass is Singing
- Author
- Doris Lessing
- Publisher
- Heinemann, London, Ibadan, Nairobi
- Publication year
- 1981
- Condition
- Fair
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0435901311
- ISBN 13
- 9780435901318
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Seller catalogs
- South African Fiction
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Review
‘Original and striking...full of those terrifying touches of truth, seldom mentioned but instantly recognised.’ New Statesman
‘Doris Lessing responds more passionately than most writers to people or situations: often she responds with hate or rancour, but always with passion. In “The Grass is Singing”, you can feel the dynamo-like throb of a formidable talent; by its side, most novels of 1950 look like crochet-work.’ The Times
‘“The Grass is Singing” focuses on the blighted life of a woman whose spirit is destroyed by a disastrous marriage and by an environment to which she couldn’t respond. More than any other white African writer of her generation, Doris Lessing is aware of the seductive cruelty of colonialism, and is one of our strongest, fiercest voices against injustice, racism and sexual hypocrisy.’ Independent on Sunday
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Eaglestones
Oudtshoorn, South Africa
AbeBooks seller since February 28, 2019
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