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Margaret Laurence


Canada (1926 - 1987)

Margaret Laurence grew up in a small prairie town in Canada. She lived in Africa and then England where she wrote her famous Manawaka series.
 
Series
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Manawka
   The Stone Angel (1964)
   A Jest of God (1966)
   The Fire-dwellers (1969)
   A Bird in the House (1970)
   The Diviners (1974)
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Novels
   Happy Families (1958)
   Now I Lay Me Down (1968)
   Jason's Quest (1970)
   Test of God (1977)
   The Olden Days Coat (1979)
   Six Darn Cows (1979)
   Christmas Birthday Story (1980)
   Heart Of A Stranger (1984)
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Collections
   Embryo Words (1997)
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Margaret Laurence recommends
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Not Wanted on the Voyage (1984)
Timothy Findley
"This marvellously fantastic fable, an awesome and poetic rendition of the ancient one, is tender and terrifying, humorous and heart-rending, abundant in implications and questions for our own desperately hurting and threatened world."

Books containing stories by Margaret Laurence
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From Ink Lake (1990)
Canadian Stories
edited by
Michael Ondaatje
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The Canlit Foodbook (1987)
From Pen to palate - A Collection of Tasty Literary Fare
edited by
Margaret Atwood

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