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The Grass Is Singing: A Novel (P.S.)
by Doris Lessing

Published: 2008-09-16
Paperback : 272 pages
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Set in Southern Rhodesia under white rule, Doris Lessing's first novel is at once a riveting chronicle of human disintegration, a beautifully understated social critique, and a brilliant depiction of the quiet horror of one woman's struggleagainst a ruthless fate.

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Set in Southern Rhodesia under white rule, Doris Lessing's first novel is at once a riveting chronicle of human disintegration, a beautifully understated social critique, and a brilliant depiction of the quiet horror of one woman's struggleagainst a ruthless fate.

Mary Turner is a self-confident, independent young woman who becomes the depressed, frustrated wife of an ineffectual, unsuccessful farmer. Little by little the ennui of years on the farm works its slow poison. Mary's despair progresses until the fateful arrival of Moses, an enigmatic, virile black servant. Locked in anguish, Mary and Moses—master and slave—are trapped in a web of mounting attraction and repulsion, until their psychic tension explodes with devastating consequences.

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  "Bitter and sad"by Cindy B. (see profile) 12/03/19

Mary is the most bitter character I've ever encountered. The writing is clear and effective, and the setting is so well described I felt like I was there. But I hated this book.

 
by Terry K. (see profile) 10/09/17

 
  "The Grass is Singing"by Corinne S. (see profile) 03/26/10

Book written in 1950. Hard times when a woman marries a man who lives a very solitary life. Murder mystery brings interest. It was insightful that not all people live the way we do.

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