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The Grass Is Singing

A Novel

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The Grass Is Singing

By: Doris Lessing
Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
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""There is passion here, a piercing accuracy, a rare sensitivity and power. . . . One can only marvel."" — New York Times

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 struggle against 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 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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I thought this book absolutely deserving of the Pulitzer Prize. Set in White South Africa, it discusses Apartheid, so racism is a big part of understanding climate and characters. Mental illness, poverty, and what is deemed inappropriate. This book has no right to be banned. It is beautifully written and makes you think. All qualities I appreciate in my reading selections.

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