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| Title | : | The Stone Angel |
| Author | : | James W. Nichol |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 120 pages |
| Published | : | September 1st 2002 by Playwrights Canada Press (first published 1964) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. Canada. Classics. Literature. Canadian Literature. Adult Fiction. Academic. School |
James W. Nichol
Paperback | Pages: 120 pages Rating: 3.99 | 4550 Users | 71 Reviews
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It is the late 1960s, and Hagar Shipley’s days are drawing to an end. In the course of an afternoon, Hagar’s life unfolds: her childhood in a small prairie town, her Scottish immigrant father, the tumultuous relationship with her now-estranged husband, her sons, and their partners. Based on the novel by Margaret Laurence.
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| Original Title: | The Stone Angel |
| ISBN: | 0887546315 (ISBN13: 9780887546310) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Manawaka(Canada) |
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Ratings: 3.99 From 4550 Users | 71 ReviewsCritique Containing Books The Stone Angel
Ok. I read this when I was going through my "I haven't read any Canadian Literature besides Margaret Atwood and only her most popular books" phase. This was one of the top ten Canadian lit books of all time, so I figured I needed to read it. It wasn't "shout from the rafters" excellent, but it was a different kind of story in that it was from the perspective of an octogenarian woman, someone that society has cast-off or patronized once reaching a state where she's deemed to be of no value to
The movie was good but the novel was set in the late 60's when there weren't cell phone so I guess the movie was bumped ahead. This made it hard for me to reconcile the movie with my reading of the book when it first was published. Why change the era and have Hagar talking about smoking marijuana in the seventies unless it was to appeal to younger movie goers? But, hey it's about a 90 year old woman and some of us remember the 60's and liked that decade.
I really enjoyed this tale of sparky old age by a Canadian writer. Hagar Shipley is a holy terror who leads her son and daughter-in-law a merry dance, but her reminiscences unpack a remarkable life. I loved her independent spirit, originality and sense of humour. Residential care just couldn't contain that free a spirit.
I'm always at a bit of a loss to describe my feelings about The Stone Angel. I think it's really well-written. Margaret Laurence knows her shit. She can craft a sentence like Rodin crafts clay. At the same time, I don't like this story. At all. Elderly Hagar is a bitter awful person and while I understand her journey to the place, I don't feel any real sympathy for her.
Though I appreciate Laurences writing, it was difficult to find empathy for her main character, a 90 year old woman who is cranky, mean spirited and emotionally frozen. She tells the story of her life, growing up on the Canadian prairie, her unhappy marriage, the death of her son and finally her pride and fierceness in facing her own mortality.
Margaret Laurence ranks as a great, world-class author and this book is possibly her finest. It is also very much about rural Canada. My own grandmother, who had experienced much of what Hagar had, was dying at the time I read the book and I could hardly finish it, since it seemed so gut-wrenchingly at the heart of aging.
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