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Doris Lessing - Grass is Singing, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

Grass is Singing

Av Doris Lessing

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Beskrivning
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 fearless exploration of the ideology of white supremacy.Set in Rhodesia, Doris Lessing’ astonishing debut novel 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. Trapped by poverty, sapped by the heat of their tiny brick-and-iron house, Mar, lonely and frightened turns to Moses, the black cook, for kindness and understanding.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2013-01-17
  • Mått: 132 x 198 x 13 mm
  • Vikt: 132 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 224
  • Förlag: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Medarbetare: Petina Gappah
  • ISBN: 9780007498802
  • Miljömärkning: Produced using independently certified paper to ensure responsible forestry management. (Certification is by FSC, PEFC or SFI.) Produced in the UK using 100% renewable electricity.
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Doris Lessing is one of the most important writers of the twentieth century and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007. Her first novel, 'The Grass is Singing', was published in 1950. Among her other celebrated novels are 'The Golden Notebook', 'The Fifth Child' and 'Memoirs of a Survivor'. She has also published two volumes of her autobiography, 'Under my Skin' and 'Walking in the Shade'. Her most recent novel was 'Alfred and Emily'. Doris Lessing passed away on 17 November 2013.

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'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

Betyg & recensioner

5 recensioner, genomsnitt 4.2/5

  1. 5/5 Sara G

    En koncentrerad och fantastisk bok, där det mesta ligger och trycker
    på under orden. Känslor av många slag vibrerar men kommer aldrig till uttryck i ord.

  2. 5/5 Lisa H

    Ett stramt sammanhållet mästerverk av Doris Lessing!

    En fortfarande aktuell roman, som på ett avslöjande sätt gestaltar strukturer som handlar om ras och gender. Marys liv i Syd-Rhodesia präglas av rashat och av fångenskap i en traditionell kvinnoroll. Under en pressande sol går hon oundvikligen sitt tragiska öde till mötes.

  3. 5/5 Anna-Stina E
  4. 3/5 Viktoria
  5. 3/5 Carl-Gustaf L

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