One of the most celebrated and important authors of the 20th century, Doris Lessing was awarded a Nobel Prize for the ‘visionary power’ of her fiction, which spans a variety of genres and explores themes such as racism, feminism and social and political upheaval.
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(James Joyce)ĭoris Lessing weet de gedachten en gevoelens van haar romanfiguren duidelijk neer te zetten.Dramatisations and readings of novels and short stories by Nobel laureate Doris Lessing - plus a bonus documentary, 'Open Book', examining her life and career. De hersenspinsels doen denken aan een Stream of Consciousness novel.
Persoonlijk vind ik het een boeiend boek de karakters worden begrijpelijk weergegeven, er wordt een goed beeld geschapen van de verhoudingen tussen blanken en hun onder-geschikten maar het boek is niet gemakkelijk te lezen. Alle figuren hebben op het einde van de gebeurtenissen verloren. Mary is dood, Dick wordt verstoken van zijn geliefde farm en Moses zal worden berecht. (ontevreden met de samenleving, er over klagend maar geen enkel alternatief biedend!)Įr wordt begonnen met een epiloog, waarna het verhaal zich in logische volgorde ontwikkelt. Hieruit blijkt de betrokkenheid van de schrijfster tot de Angry Young Men. Het einde van de roman is dan ook bitter. Vooral geestelijk komen de figuren op een snel hellend vlak te verkeren en is een catastrofe onafwendbaar. The singing grass has destroyed her……ĭe actie in de roman wordt gekenmerkt door de neerwaartse spiraal, waarin de hoofdpersonen verwikkeld raken, om van een moeilijk bestaan een zinvol bestaan te maken. By the time Moses kills her, Mary is completely lunatic and isn’t capable to tackle the problems in her life. Moses, who feels humiliated by this man and thinks Mary has another man in her life, kills her. One day their neighbour Charlie Shatter visits them and when he discovers the strange situation he forces them to sell the farm and a young man from England comes to take over the business. At last she is completely depended on Moses but doesn’t know to handle the situation. Little by little a forbidden relationship growns between them.
There’s a strange tension, she hates the man but at the same time he obsesses her. Mary is frightened when she recognizes the man, she once hit. Then one day Dick sends her a new house-boy, Moses. Dick refuses saying they are too poor to give a child a good future. Then she suggests to have a baby, a girl of her own. She falls numbed and tired, without any interest. Then she realizes that the situation won’t ever change, she slowly starts thinking that there will be no future. The troubles reach a summit when Mary hits a native, who does not want to obey her silly commands, with the whip across his face.Īs soon as Dick has recovered she tells him how he mismanages the farm and they make plans to make a better profit by sowing tobacco plants. She can’t and even won’t treat the labours in the right way and the natives refuse to be commanded by a woman. Then Dick falls ill and Mary has to do his work in the fields with the natives. His inability to complete things he started, costs a lot of money.
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Due to misconceptions she can’t find a way to contact with her neighbours and the relation with her husband is full of difficulties.ĭick is unable to make a good profit, his plans with bees, with pigs, turkeys and later with a kaffir-store fail. As a result they run away and she has to do the housework by herself. Mary, who has never lived close to natives, isn’t able to see them as human beings and doesn’t want to except their different customs and behaviour.
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