The Grass is Singing

Informationen zum Autor Doris Lessing was one of the most important writers of the second half of the 20th-century and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007. Her novels include The Grass is Singing , The Golden Notebook and The Good Terrorist . In 2001, Lessing was awarded the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in British literature. In 2008, The Times ranked her fifth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". She died in 2013. Klappentext The Nobel Prize-winner Doris Lessing's first novel is a taut and tragic portrayal of a crumbling marriage, set in South Africa during the years of Arpartheid. Zusammenfassung The Nobel Prize-winner Doris Lessing’s first novel is a taut and tragic portrayal of a crumbling marriage, set in South Africa during the years of Arpartheid.

Commentaire

'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

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Doris Lessing, Doris May Lessing
• Edition: Fourth Estate
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 17.01.2013
• EAN: 9780007498802
• ISBN: 978-0-00-749880-2
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 200 mm x 15 mm
• Thème: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); FICTION / Coming of Age, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Literary, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Short Stories, FICTION / Romance / Multicultural & Interracial, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, Zimbabwe, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: displacement, exile, migration, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction: general and literary