The Stone Angel
of Margaret Laurence, Adele Wiseman (Afterword)
Series: Manawaka Sequence
Description
In her best-loved novel, The Stone Angel, Margaret Laurence introduces Hagar Shipley, one of the most memorable characters in Canadian fiction. Stubborn, querulous, self-reliant â and, at ninety, with her life nearly behind her â Hagar Shipley makes a bold last step towards freedom and independence.As her story unfolds, we are drawn into her past. We meet Hagar as a young girl growing up in a black prairie town; as the wife of a virile but unsuccessful farmer with whom her marriage was stormy; as a mother who dominates her younger son; and, finally, as an old woman isolated by an uncompromising pride and by the stern virtues she has inherited from her pioneer ancestors.Vivid, evocative, moving, The Stone Angel celebrates the triumph of the spirit, and reveals Margaret Laurence at the height of her powers as a writer of extraordinary craft and profound insight into the workings of the human heart.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 328 pages
- Publisher McClelland & Steward
- Publication Date 1988
- First Publication 11/05/64
- Language English
- ISBN 9780771099892
- Edition The New Canadian Library
- Category Fiction
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