The Grass Is Singing :

Doris Lessing

ISBN 10: 0007903650 / ISBN 13: 9780007903658

Published by Fourth Estate For Waterstones, 2011

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Published In 2011 : New Edition : Fourth Estate For Waterstones : This Copy Is In Lovely Condition With Very Shiny Covers : Looks Un-Read : Just A Small Top Corner Crease To The Front Cover : Leaf Edge Yellowing On All 3 Sides This Is Possibly Production : Otherwise , As New Throughout : Still Reasonably Crisp & Tight , With No Inscriptions : Good Solid Binding With Clear Text : Overall , A Very Nice Book :

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Grass Is Singing :
• Publisher: Fourth Estate For Waterstones
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007903650
• ISBN 13: 9780007903658
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Novels

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Synopsis

A landmark of 20th century literature. Doris Lessing's classic first novel, brought with her when she came to England from Southern Rhodesia in 1950. Set in Rhodesia, it tells the story of Dick Turner, a failed white farmer and his wife, Mary, a town girl who hates the bush. Trapped by poverty, sapped by the heat of their tiny brick & iron house, Mary, lonely & frightened 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 a passionate exploration of the ideology of white supremacy. 'More than any white African writer of her feneration, Doris Lessing is aware of the seductive cruelty of colonialism and is one of our strongest, fiercest voices against injustice, racism and sexual hypocrisy. In 'The Grass is Singing@ you can feel the dynamo-like throb of a formidable talent' (Times)