The Grass is Singing
by Doris Lessing
Taste attributes: dramahistoricalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringsocial commentaryself destruction/implosioninjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeA weighty, emotional novel: unsavoury and small-scale. Best if you like depth over escapism.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.7 / 5
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About This Book
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. Mary Turner is a self-confident, independent young woman who becomes the depressed, frustrated wife of an ineffectual, unsuccessful farmer.
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- Author
- Doris Lessing
- Published
- 1950
- Pages
- 245
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- Open Library
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