{"product_id":"the-grass-is-singing-9780061673740","title":"The Grass Is Singing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"There is passion here, a piercing accuracy, a rare sensitivity and power. . . . One can only marvel.\" \u003cem\u003e-- New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSet in Southern Rhodesia under white rule, Doris Lessing's first novel is at once a riveting chronicle of human disintegration, a beautifully understated social critique, and a brilliant depiction of the quiet horror of one woman's struggle against a ruthless fate.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary 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 works its slow poison. Mary's despair progresses until the fateful arrival of Moses, an enigmatic black servant. Locked in anguish, Mary and Moses--master and slave--are trapped in a web of mounting attraction and repulsion, until their psychic tension explodes with devastating consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLessing, Doris:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature, \u003cstrong\u003eDoris Lessing\u003c\/strong\u003e was one of the most celebrated and distinguished writers of our time, the recipient of a host of international awards. She wrote more than thirty books--among them the novels \u003cem\u003eMartha Quest, The Golden Notebook, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Fifth Child\u003c\/em\u003e. She died in 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50611079512338,"sku":"9780061673740","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f6fafb17-d0fc-4245-a7a3-d48c1b8753ef.jpg?v=1756202085","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-grass-is-singing-9780061673740","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}