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Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award, A Jest of God was also the basis of the movie Rachel, Rachel. "Mrs. Laurence tells [her story] unsparingly, with absolute authority, using her thorough understanding of Rachel to draw us into her anguish.
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Product Summary ... "In A JEST OF GOD, seen as formally failed by some nineteenth-century reviewers, Margaret Laurence assays a responsive vocal style, the voice in the ear pursuing Rachel's mind even into the deep places where the most superior fiction (Joyce, Beckett, etc.) comes from.
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Ever since publication in 1966, Margaret Laurence's A Jest of God has received mixed reviews. ... Although He is a god whom Rachel says she rejects, she, like Hagar Shipley, prays to Him in her need, eventually making peace with Him as she comes to accept her own life and His "jokes":
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A Jest of God - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Jest of God is a novel by Margaret Laurence. It was first published in 1966. It won the Governor General’s Award for 1966 and was made into the film, Rachel, Rachel. The novel follows Rachel Camero...
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Margaret Laurence A Jest of God; The Stone Angel; The Diviners.; (all Virago/University of Chicago Press). Manitoba-born Laurence epitomized the new vigour that swept through the country's literature during the Sixties - though the best of her fiction was written in England. ... A good overall summary of the walks,
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This represents a summary of all books recommended, mostly in rec.arts.books, that I've saved the recommendation for. The list spans three years, and includes other book lists. ... Claudius, the God Gray, John Post-Liberalism Greene + Lewis Know your own mind Greene, Graham Monsignor Quixote Greene, Graham The Honorary...
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Summary: The story of a girl caught between her parents? ideology and her own, in the context of books and censorship! It?s a tale about growing up as a thinker. ... Laurence, Margaret. A Jest of God. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1981.
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Summary: Lex drops more breadcrumbs, and this time Chloe pursues the trail. Note: This story takes place after X-Rays and ignores the next episodes that would follow, which also means it will screw up loads ... 'God's mercy on reluctant jesters. God's grace on fools. God's pity on God.'; --Margaret Lawrence, 'A Jest of God'
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The God of Small Things begins with Rahel returning to her childhood home in Ayemenem, India, to see her twin brother Estha, who has been sent to Ayemenem by their father. Events flash back to Rahel ... Notes on Novels: The God of Small Things (Plot Summary) ... A plot summary of the book a jest of god by margaret lawrence?
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