Margaret Laurence

A Bird in the House (1989)

I like reading short stories even though the form confounds me a bit. I've heard it said that short stories are harder to write than novels, so I often wonder why an author like Alice Munro chooses the format, and as a reader, as much as I love her collections, I feel a bit deflated as each story...

The Prophet's Camel Bell (1988)

This Side Jordan (1976)

Having lived ten years in Ghana I was curious to read this novel set just prior to Independence in 1957. It did not disappoint - though I am not Ghanaian and also experienced the country as a keen outsider. Laurence's interlinked protagonists - the Ghanaian Nathaniel and the unlikeable racist Joh...