Rendered alone after an act of violence at her South African farm, British newlywed MÄrit Laurens struggles to keep the farm working despite disputes between the farm workers and the local Afrikaner community, finding a single supporter in her black housekeeper, Tembi.
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“[One] of the most interesting novels to have emerged from South Africa recently.... Brutally effective.” (The Economist)
“This fine first novel is tension-filled and swiftly paced.” (Library Journal)
“[A] beautiful first novel.” (Booklist)
“[A] quietly intense first novel.” (Vancouver Sun)
“Resembles in loose fashion our own master Faulkner’s... novel The Unvanquished.... An intense reading experience... something readers will remember.” (Chicago Tribune)
“A Blade of Grass never falters. It is quite simply a master work by a mature and powerful new voice.” (Ottawa Citizen)
Lewis DeSoto was born in South Africa and moved to Canada as a teenager. His first novel, A Blade of Grass, was an international bestseller and an International Book of the Month selection. Longlisted for both the Man Booker Prize and the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, the novel was also a finalist for the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize and the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. An artist as well as a writer, DeSoto authored a biography of the painter Emily Carr. He lives with his wife, the artist Gunilla Josephson, in Toronto and Normandy, France. Visit him online at www.lewisdesoto.com.
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