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. Little by little the ennui of years on the farm work their slow po...
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. Little by little the ennui of years on the farm work their slow poison, and Mary's despair progresses until the fateful arrival of an enigmatic and virile black servant, Moses. Locked in anguish, Mary and Moses--master and slave--are trapped in a web of mounting attraction and repulsion. Their psychic tension explodes in an electrifying scene that ends this disturbing tale of racial strife in colonial South Africa. 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.
The Grass is Singing《野草在歌唱》是Doris Lessing的成名作，故事大意如下：农场主之妻Mary Turner的尸体被人发现，嫌疑人是农场主家里的佣人Moses，被逮捕后，他承认自己为了钱和珠宝杀死了Mary，但是人们都知道事情没有那么简单。接下来，故事从Mary的童年讲起，她从小在乡...
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多丽丝·莱辛 作者
博士男
译林出版社1999版
邓安庆
译林出版社1999版
嘎嘣嘎嘣脆
译林出版社2008版
Dolin欣
译林出版社2017版
赛博电子羊
译林出版社1999版
惜文
being
译林出版社1999版
2 有用 亦大 2015-04-07 22:52:10
不知是有意还是无意，作者的叙述始终也没有展现这个身为主要角色的黑人的内心世界，这让我觉得最后两章内容与前文有些跳跃，而Moses最终的痛下杀手略难以理解。
2 有用 惜文 2021-01-27 23:22:35
the tragedy of a woman who shouldn't marry just for her friends'gossip
0 有用 绿毛水怪 2011-03-09 19:11:00
我要做农民的心愿就此破解 作罢
1 有用 兴尽晚回舟 2021-04-09 13:56:23
啊 太显性了 不是我的菜
0 有用 已焚 2019-09-09 23:40:53
挺压抑的，Mary真是可怜可恨，她和那个native之间的纠葛有点摸不着头脑。