Margaret Laurence (Critical Survey of Short Fiction)
Other Literary Forms
Margaret Laurence’s best-known books are the series of four novels and the short-story collection that have been called the Manawaka works, named after the fictional town in central Canada from which all the major characters originate. The series consists of The Stone Angel (1964), A Jest of God (1966), which was made into the motion picture Rachel, Rachel in 1968, The Fire-Dwellers (1969), A Bird in the House, and The Diviners (1974). Although this is not a series in the sense of sequels, the characters are...
[The entire page is 3492 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
Navigate
See Also
