A Blade of Grass - Tapa blanda

"[A] beautiful first novel."--Booklist

"This fine first novel is tension-filled and swiftly paced."--Library Journal

"Resembles in loose fashion our own master Faulkner's... novel The Unvanquished.... An intense reading experience... something readers will remember."--Chicago Tribune

"[A] quietly intense first novel."--Vancouver Sun

"A Blade of Grass never falters. It is quite simply a master work by a mature and powerful new voice."--Ottawa Citizen

"[One] of the most interesting novels to have emerged from South Africa recently.... Brutally effective."--The Economist

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. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.