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A Jest of God

Penguin Modern Classics Edition

By Margaret Laurence

By Margaret Laurence

By Margaret Laurence
Afterword by Margaret Atwood

By Margaret Laurence
Afterword by Margaret Atwood

By Margaret Laurence
Read by Christine Horne

By Margaret Laurence
Read by Christine Horne

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Aug 07, 2018 | ISBN 9780735236035

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Apr 30, 2010 | ISBN 9781551993768

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    About A Jest of God

    NOW A PENGUIN MODERN CLASSIC: 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.


         Living alone with only her aging mother for company, thirty-something retiring schoolteacher Rachel Cameron feels trapped in a milieu of deceit and pettiness–her own and that of others. She longs for love and contact with another human being who shares her rebellious spirit, and when she has a summer affair with former schoolmate Nick Kazlik, she learns at last to reach out to another person and to make herself vulnerable. Poignant and singular, A Jest of God is an enduring work by one of the world’s most distinguished authors.

    About A Jest of God

    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 – her own and that of others – 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 General’s 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 world’s most distinguished authors.

    About A Jest of God

    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 – her own and that of others – 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 General’s 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 world’s most distinguished authors.

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    This Side Jordan
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    The Diviners
    See all books by Margaret Laurence

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    The Tomorrow-Tamer
    This Side Jordan
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    The Diviners
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    About Margaret Laurence

    Margaret Laurence was born in Neepawa, Manitoba, in 1926. Upon graduation from Winnipeg’s United College in 1947, she took a job as a reporter for the Winnipeg Citizen.From 1950 until 1957 Laurence lived in Africa, the first two years in… More about Margaret Laurence

    About Margaret Laurence

    Margaret Laurence was born in Neepawa, Manitoba, in 1926. Upon graduation from Winnipeg’s United College in 1947, she took a job as a reporter for the Winnipeg Citizen.From 1950 until 1957 Laurence lived in Africa, the first two years in… More about Margaret Laurence

    About Margaret Laurence

    Margaret Laurence was born in Neepawa, Manitoba, in 1926. Upon graduation from Winnipeg’s United College in 1947, she took a job as a reporter for the Winnipeg Citizen.From 1950 until 1957 Laurence lived in Africa, the first two years in… More about Margaret Laurence

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $15.00
    Published by New Canadian Library
    Aug 07, 2018 | 240 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780735236035

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by New Canadian Library
    Apr 30, 2010 | 240 Pages | ISBN 9781551993768

    Category: Literary Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $17.00
    Published by McClelland & Stewart
    Aug 08, 2023 | 481 Minutes | ISBN 9780771005350

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