The Tomorrow-Tamer
by Laurence, Margaret
Margaret Laurence was born in Neepawa, Manitoba, in 1926. Upon graduation from Winnipeg’s United College in 1947, she took a job as a reporter for the Winnipeg Citizen.From 1950 until 1957 Laurence lived in Africa, the first two years in Somalia, the next five in Ghana, where her husband, a civil engineer, was working. She translated Somali poetry and prose during this time, and began her career as a fiction writer with stories set in Africa.When Laurence returned to Canada in 1957, she settled in Vancouver, where she devoted herself to fiction with a Ghanaian setting: in her first novel, This Side Jordan, and in her first collection of short fiction, The Tomorrow-Tamer. Her two years in Somalia were the subject of her memoir, The Prophet’s Camel Bell.Separating from her husband in 1962, Laurence moved to England, which became her home for a decade, the time she devoted to the creation of five books about the fictional town of Manawaka, patterned after her birthplace, and its people: The Stone Angel, A Jest of God, The Fire-Dwellers, A Bird in the House, and The Diviners.Laurence settled in Lakefield, Ontario, in 1974. She complemented her fiction with essays, book reviews, and four children’s books. Her many honours include two Governor General’s Awards for Fiction and more than a dozen honorary degrees.Margaret Laurence died in Lakefield, Ontario in 1987.
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Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart Inc., 1993. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. (New Canadian Library) As new condition; Margaret Laurence's first published fiction. The ten stories in this book are set Ghana, where shiny Jaguars and modern jazz jostle for eminence against fetish figures, tribal rites, and the unchanging beat of jungle drums, the stories tells of individuals, European… Read more about this item Item Price
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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1963. Hardcover. near fine. 1st Canadian Edition. 244pp. Octavo in original red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Clean, tight text block, with some minor stains on outer long edge. Dust jacket very good with only very mild wear to edges, light soiling to back and mimimal fading- with some minor professional restoration done.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1963. Hardcover. very good. 1st Canadian Edition. 244pp. Octavo in original red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Clean, tight text block. Dust jacket very good with only very mild wear to edges and mimimal fading/light chipping to edges. Not price clipped. A lovely copy. very good A collection of ten short stories… Read more about this item Item Price
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macmillan london 1963. first 243pp +16pp of additional text used at rear; possibly to pad out the binding, in red paper boards, VG+ (small white mark at front foot-edge, faintly sunned spine, upper rear corner sl.bruised, bookseller's stamp at foot-edge ffep, faint foxing throughout) in VG- d/w (rubbing with sl.overall foxing, corners sl.chipped, spine sunnned with sl.wear to head… Read more about this item Item Price
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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1963. Undetermined. very good. 1st edition. 244pp. Octavo in original red cloth with gilt lettering on spine, very slightly rubbed along edges. Light fading to spine and ends of spine. Previous owners name and date on front free endpaper. Dust jacket very good with very minor chips and small closed tears to edges and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Toronto & Montreal: Mcclelland & Stewart, 1963. Hard bound, first Canadian edition, printed on British sheets. Near fine copy in edge-chipped, moderately edge-torn dust jacket in archival mylar. 445 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Item Price
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The Tomorrow-Tamer
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Tomorrow-tamer (New Canadian Library S)
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