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The Grass Is Singing, published in 1950, is the first novel by the British author Doris Lessing. It takes place in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), in southern Africa, during the 1940s and deals with the racial politics between whites and blacks in that country (which was then a British Colony).
A novel set in 1940s Rhodesia, where a white woman named Mary Turner struggles to adapt to the harsh life of a poor farmer. She faces isolation, loneliness, racism, and violence, and eventually leaves her husband and returns to the city.
The Grass Is Singing. Doris Lessing. 3.83. 13,899 ratings1,333 reviews. Set in South Africa under white rule, Doris Lessing's first novel is both a riveting chronicle of human disintegration and a beautifully understated social critique.
Her novel The Grass Is Singing (1950) centres on Dick Turner and Mary Turner, a white couple attempting to become a part of the rural African landscape. Lessing depicts a stereotyped African character, Moses, a black servant, whose name gives him historical and religious resonance.
Doris Lessing's novel is a remarkable piece of work. At times as violent and harsh as the brown earth and arching blue sky of the veldt, The Grass Is Singing is mercilessly penetrating and casts a spell all its won.
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,...
Dec 22, 1999 · The Grass Is Singing: A Novel. Doris Lessing. HarperCollins, Dec 22, 1999 - Fiction - 256 pages. Set in South Africa under white rule, Doris Lessing's first novel is both a riveting chronicle of...
