A Jest of God

by Margaret Laurence Narrated by Christine Horne

Overview

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.

Editorial Reviews

Joan J. Hall

Mrs. Laurence tells [her story] unsparingly, with absolute authority, using her thorough understanding of Rachel to draw us into her anguish. We know Rachel, sympathize with her, and in a sense, become Rachel, so authentic is her voice. . . . A Jest of God has extraordinary clarity, beautiful detail, as well as the emotional impact of honest confession.
—Saturday Review

From the Publisher

Fresh and arresting…unforgettably good and nothing less than brilliant.”
–Maclean’s

“Superb and movingly human.”
–Saturday Review

Product Details

BN ID:	2940159944443
Publisher:	Penguin Random House
Publication date:	08/08/2023
Edition description:	Unabridged

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