β Scribed by Margaret Laurence
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
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Paperback, 240 pages
Published 1966
New Canadian Library (2010)
Afterword by: Margaret Atwood (1988)
Manawaka Sequence
In this celebrated novel, Margaret Laurence writes with grace, power, and deep compassion about Rachel Cameron, a woman struggling to come to terms with love, with death, with herself and her world.
Trapped in a milieu of deceit and pettiness β her own and that of others β Rachel longs for love, and contact with another human being who shares her rebellious spirit. Through her summer affair with Nick Kazlik, a schoolmate from earlier years, she learns at last to reach out to another person and to make herself vulnerable.
A Jest of God won the Governor Generalβs Award for 1966 and was released as the successful film, Rachel, Rachel. The novel stands as a poignant and singularly enduring work by one of the worldβs most distinguished authors.
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