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Blade Of Grass

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Blade Of Grass

by Lewis DeSoto

Harpercollins Canada, Limited | August 18, 2003 | Hardcover

Marit is a young woman from the city, recently orphaned, recently married, now living on a farm in the remote Sount African countryside. Although she should be enjoying her station in life, she feels isolated and disconnected fromthe land, its black workers and the local Afrikaaner farming community.

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    Rating: 5/5

    A Very Moving Read

    Heather Reisman

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    4 years ago

    I am so pleased that my newest pick is by a prize-winning Canadian novelist. A Blade of Grass is set in apartheid South Africa and centres around the unlikely friendship between an orphaned young black woman and her widowed white mistress. Their need for each other, their shared battle against discrimination (though of two different types) and the stark reality of their different destinies made this a very moving read for me.

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    Rating: 4/5

    Wonderful

    Dana

    6 months ago

    A young newlywed couple, Ben and Margit come to live on their farm in South Africa in the 1970s. Their farm borders a neighbouring country in turmoil. They are full of hopes and dreams as are most young couples.

    Tembi is a young black worker in the farm, full of rebellion and also with her own dreams.

    When violence erupts and Margit is widowed she is forced to look for help. The local Afrikaner community is not very welcoming and is leaving the countryside in fear. The black workers on the farm have no desire to obey a white mistress. Margrit refuses to leave and turns to Tembi for assistance.

    This is a novel that questions all our values. Who does the land belong to? The purchasers, the workers, the natives or the animals? The countryside is described in breath-taking beauty. The only nit I have is that I wish a few situations were better described. Still, a wonderful novel that makes the reader think.

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    Rating: 5/5

    I loved it

    Amanda Pfeifer

    4 years ago

    This book far exceeded my expectations. Lews DeSoto's first book is a HIT and I hope we see more titles by this wonderful story teller.
    A story full of tragic events, but at the heart of it, two women, unlikely friends, form a sisterhood and friendship. I could hardly put this book down.

    I must read!

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    Rowan

    Rating: 4/5

    Kept me reading

    Rowan

    6 years ago

    I found this book told a powerful story about friendship and trust but I found that every time the protagonist would just get over a bad thing that happened in her life something else horrible would happen. There wasn't enough description of the landscape as I would have hoped, and I found that the ending was a bit rushed but over all it kept me tuned in.

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Thrilling to read, A Blade of Grass is a wrenching story of friendship and betrayal and of the trauma of the land that has shaped post-colonial Africa.

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Marit is a young woman from the city, recently orphaned, recently married, now living on a farm in the remote Sount African countryside. Although she should be enjoying her station in life, she feels isolated and disconnected fromthe land, its black workers and the local Afrikaaner farming community.

About the Author

Lewis DeSoto was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa. After moving to Canada, he attended the University of British Columbia, where he received a master of fine arts. His writing has been published in numerous literary journals, and he was awarded the Books in Canada/Writers' Trust Short Prose Award. A past editor of The Literary Review of Canada, Lewis DeSoto lives in Toronto and Normandy.

Hardcover

August 18, 2003

Harpercollins Canada, Limited

English

Canadian Author


0002005557
9780002005555

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