A Jest of God

First edition (publ. McClelland & Stewart)

A Jest of God is a novel by Canadian author Margaret Laurence. It was first published in 1966.^[1] It won the Governor General's Award for 1966 and was made into the Paul Newman/Joanne Woodward film Rachel, Rachel.^[2]

Plot summary

The novel follows schoolteacher Rachel Cameron through a summer affair and its consequences on her life. Although Rachel is in her 30's, the book serves to document a second adolescence as she comes to recognize herself as the adult to her aging mother.

Notes

↑ Laurence, Margaret A Jest of God (Toronto: McClelland, 1966)
↑ "ABOUT THIS BOOK". Random House. Retrieved 2008-12-21.

External links

Legendre, B.A. "IMAGE JUXTAPOSITION IN A JEST OF GOD". Retrieved 2008-12-21.
Laurence, Margaret (1993). A Jest of God. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-46952-2.

Works by Margaret Laurence

Novels	This Side Jordan (1960) The Stone Angel (1964) A Jest of God (1966) The Fire-Dwellers (1969) The Diviners (1974) The Rain Child (1962)

Short fiction collections	The Tomorrow-Tamer (1963) A Bird in the House (1970) Horses of the Night (1970)

Children's literature	Jason's Quest (1970) Six Darn Cows (1979) The Olden Days Coat (1980) The Christmas Birthday Story (1982)

Non-fiction	A Tree for Poverty (1954) The Prophet's Camel Bell (1963) Long Drums and Cannons: Nigerian Dramatists and Novelists 1952-1966 (1968) Heart of a Stranger (1976) Dance on the Earth (1989)

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