书目

The Grass Is Singing:A Novel

内容简介

SetinSouthAfricaunderwhiterule,DorisLessing'sfirstnovelisbotharivetingchronicleofhumandisintegrationandabeautifullyunderstatedsocialcritique.MaryTurnerisaself-confident,independentyoungwomanwhobecomesthedepressed,frustratedwifeofanineffectual,unsuccessfulfarmer.Littlebylittletheennuiofyearsonthefarmworktheirslowpoison,andMary'sdespairprogressesuntilthefatefularrivalofanenigmaticandvirileblackservant,Moses.Lockedinanguish,MaryandMoses--masterandslave--aretrappedinawebofmountingattractionandrepulsion.TheirpsychictensionexplodesinanelectrifyingscenethatendsthisdisturbingtaleofracialstrifeincolonialSouthAfrica.TheGrassIsSingingblendsLessing'simaginativevisionwithherownvividlyrememberedearlychildhoodtorecreatethequiethorrorofawoman'sstruggleagainstaruthlessfate.

作者简介

DorisLessing,winnerofthe2007NobelPrizeinLiterature,isoneofthemostcelebratedanddistinguishedwritersofourtime.ShelivesinnorthLondon.

丛书

Perennial Classics

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