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Margaret Laurence (1926–1987)

Autor/a de The Stone Angel

26+ obres 5,231 Membres 116 Ressenyes 37 preferits

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Canadian author Margaret Laurence was born Jean Margaret Wemyss in Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada, on July 18, 1926. She attended United College (now the University of Winnipeg), receiving her B.A. in 1947. Shortly after graduation, she married Jack Laurence, a hydraulic engineer whose job would often mostra'n més take them overseas; the Laurences lived in England for a year, moved to British Somaliland in 1950, and then to Ghana in 1952. It was in Africa that Laurence wrote her first book, A Tree for Poverty, which was a translation of Somali poetry and stories. She also wrote about her experiences in Somaliland in a travel memoir, The Prophet's Camel Bell, and used Africa as a setting for her first fictional work, a novel called This Side Jordan, and a collection of short stories, The Tomorrow Tamers. This Side Jordan received the 1961 Beta Sigma Phi Award for the best first novel by a Canadian. Laurence is best known, however, for her Manawaka books, which are set in Canada. They include The Stone Angel, The Fire Dwellers House, A Bird in the House, A Jest of God, and The Diviners. The latter two books both received the Governor General's Award, in 1967 and 1975, respectively. After living in Africa, England, and several other countries for many years, Laurence returned to Canada in 1974, settling in Lakefield, Ontario, where she remained until her death in 1987. The Energy Probe Research Foundation, an environmental organization for which she served as one of the directors, now sponsors the Margaret Laurence Fund for projects related to the environment and peace, areas in which Laurence was very active during the last decade of her life. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Peter Esterhazy, with kind permission of the Estate of Margaret Laurence.

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The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction (1983) — Col·laborador — 1,130 exemplars
From Ink Lake: Canadian Stories (1990) — Col·laborador — 126 exemplars
The Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories in English (1986) — Col·laborador — 111 exemplars
Women and Fiction: Volume 2 (1978) — Col·laborador — 73 exemplars
Crackpot (1974) — Epíleg, algunes edicions73 exemplars
The New Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories (1986) — Col·laborador — 72 exemplars
The Canadian Children's Treasury (1994) — Col·laborador — 57 exemplars
Great Canadian Short Stories (1971) — Col·laborador — 53 exemplars
The Oxford Book of Stories by Canadian Women in English (1999) — Col·laborador — 29 exemplars
The Penguin Book of Modern Canadian Short Stories (1982) — Col·laborador — 12 exemplars
Canada and the Nuclear Arms Race (1983) — Pròleg, algunes edicions10 exemplars
Rachel, Rachel [1968 film] (1968) — Based on A Jest of God — 7 exemplars
Sixteen by twelve;: Short stories by Canadian writers (1970) — Col·laborador — 7 exemplars
Other Canadas: An Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1979) — Col·laborador — 7 exemplars
The Stone Angel [2007 film] (1964) — Original novel — 4 exemplars
The Olden Days Coat [1981 short film] (1981) — Original story — 3 exemplars
The Saturday Evening Post Stories 1962 — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars

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Group Read, January 2020: The Diviners a 1001 Books to read before you die (febrer 2020)
June Read: Margaret Laurence a Virago Modern Classics (juliol 2017)

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A sus noventa años, Hagar Shipley, testaruda e inconformista, es todavía una mujer de armas tomar. Vive con su hijo y su nuera, quienes, cansados de cuidarla y a punto de jubilarse, están pensando en trasladarla a una residencia; ella en cambio cree que todavía no ha llegado el momento y mientras espera ese fatídico día, rememora su vida. Criada en un pueblo de las llanuras canadienses e infelizmente casada, Hagar tuvo que ganarse su independencia a pulso en un mundo dominado por las apariencias y las convenciones. Su dureza de carácter, fruto de las difíciles circunstancias que le tocó vivir y del orgullo y la austeridad que le inculcaron, ha condicionado su vida.

Publicada en 1964, El ángel de piedra es un clásico contemporáneo protagonizado por uno de los personajes más memorables de la literatura canadiense; una emotiva novela llena de vida que demuestra el talento de Margaret Laurence, escritora con una extraordinaria habilidad para entender el funcionamiento del corazón humano.
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