Laurence, Margaret

The stone angel by Margaret Laurence( Book )
245 editions published between 1964 and 2016 in 14 languages and held by 2,393 libraries worldwide
A pioneer Canadian woman reviews her long life and realizes that she has sacrificed life's fleeting sweetness to her fear of weakness, and to her pride

Rachel, Rachel by Margaret Laurence( Book )
136 editions published between 1966 and 2017 in 5 languages and held by 1,968 libraries worldwide
"An immediately recognizable woman, Rachel Cameron has let fourteen years slip by since her father's death forced her to leave college and return home to teach grade school. Trapped by a tyrannically demanding mother, Rachel must suffer daily assaults on her self-respect: from the yearly classes of youngsters, who give her no more than enforced attention, forgetting her as they move on, while she longs for a child of her own; from the school principal, who knowingly takes advantage of her insecurities; from the older fellow teacher, who insinuates herself ambiguously into Rachel's life ... But in her thirty-fourth summer quite unexpectedly [she] finds release ... [which] provides her with the strength to free herself."

The diviners by Margaret Laurence( Book )
153 editions published between 1973 and 2012 in 6 languages and held by 1,752 libraries worldwide
For Morag Gunn, growing up in a small Canadian prairie town made her a fighter, a cynic, a romantic. A failed marriage, a heartbreaking affair and solitude forced her to develop a special way of being with a life strengthened by dignity and the ability to give and receive love

The fire-dwellers by Margaret Laurence( Book )
118 editions published between 1969 and 2018 in 8 languages and held by 1,569 libraries worldwide
"Stacey MacAindra is smart, witty, brave, and a bit desperate. Her marriage, her four children, and her happiness seem to be threatened by everything from well-meaning neighbors to her own sudden impulses for adventure. Her apparently staid suburban life involves an appalling abduction, strange romance, sudden death, and unexpected appearances by characters from other novels in the Manawaka series. Through all of this she somehow endures, and her story helps us to rediscover the richness and terror of the commonplace as well as the pain, beauty, and humor, of being alive."

A bird in the house by Margaret Laurence( Book )
94 editions published between 1963 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 1,218 libraries worldwide
Vanessa was born in a small Manitoba town of Manawaka - a world of proud personal struggles, bitter family conflicts, and unyielding prairie traditions. It was here, in the lean years of the Depression, that she came into her own, a courageous provincial girl determined to satisfy her thirst for freedom

New wind in a dry land by Margaret Laurence( Book )
43 editions published between 1963 and 2012 in English and held by 797 libraries worldwide
An account of the author's life among the nomads of Somaliland (also known as the Horn of Africa)

This side Jordan, a novel by Margaret Laurence( Book )
66 editions published between 1960 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 711 libraries worldwide
" ... a novel about a society in transition, with all the social and spiritual ferment of a country that is emerging both from colonial rule and from its own old tribal patterns of life."

Long drums and cannons; Nigerian dramatists and novelists by Margaret Laurence( Book )
11 editions published between 1968 and 1970 in English and Undetermined and held by 704 libraries worldwide

The tomorrow-tamer : stories by Margaret Laurence( Book )
45 editions published between 1956 and 1990 in English and held by 647 libraries worldwide
Laurence writes of West Africa today-- the Africa of the newly emerging nations, whose peoples, racing to catch up with the twentieth century, are experiencing violent cultural dislocation

Long drums and cannons: Nigerian dramatists and novelists 1952-1966 by Margaret Laurence( Book )
16 editions published between 1968 and 2001 in English and held by 442 libraries worldwide
"Margaret Laurence's Long Drums and Cannons: Nigerian Dramatists and Novelists, 1952-1966 is a fascinating study of African postcolonial writing, written by Laurence after her early years in Africa. Laurence writes that the "most enduring aspect of Nigerian literature...is the insights it gives not only into immediate and local dilemmas, but through these, into the human dilemma as a whole."" "Her comments on the early writings of well-known Nigerian authors - Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe, John Pepper Clark, Amos Tutuola, and Cyprian Ekwensi - also provide insights into her early African writings and her later Canadian works. She also explores the works of then little-known authors, including Flora Nwapa, Nigeria's first woman novelist, Gabriel Okara, T. M. Aluko, Elechi Amadi, Onuora Nzekwu, and Nkem Nwankwo." "This new edition of Long Drums and Cannons, originally published in 1968 and long out-of-print, also contains Laurence's previously unpublished essay "Tribalism As Us Versus Them," which provides Laurence's own postscript to her book. A Foreword by her colleague, Douglas Killam, a Preface by Christian Riegel, a new Introduction by Nora Foster Stovel, and a commentary on "Nigerian Literature" by Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah place Laurence's work in a contemporary context. Up-to-date biographies with a list of works for each of the writers, detailed annotations to the original text and a glossary complete this edition."--BOOK JACKET