The Stone Angel
First edition | |
| Author | Margaret Laurence |
|---|---|
| Publisher | McClelland and Stewart |
Publication date | June 15, 1964 |
| Pages | 308 |
| OCLC | 365801 |
The Stone Angel is a novel by the Canadian writer Margaret Laurence. First published in 1964 by McClelland and Stewart, it is perhaps the best-known of Laurence's series of five novels set in the fictitious town of Manawaka, Manitoba. In parallel narratives set in the past and the present-day (early 1960s), The Stone Angel tells the story of Hagar Currie Shipley. In the present, 90-year-old Hagar struggles against being put in a nursing home, which she sees as a symbol of death. This narrative alternates with Hagar looking back at her life.