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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 ).
The Grass is Singing is set in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) during the 1940s. Mary Turner, the wife of Dick Turner, has been murdered, and a “houseboy” has confessed to the crime. Dick and Mary are poor and do not socialize with the other white settlers in their farming district.
The Grass Is Singing blends Lessing's imaginative vision with her own vividly remembered early childhood to recreate the quiet horror of a woman's struggle against a ruthless fate.
Dive deep into Doris Lessing's The Grass Is Singing with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion.
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.
Sep 16, 2008 · 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...
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...
