An Angel at My Table

Zusatztext Janet Frame is the greatest New Zealand writer. She is utterly herself. Any one of her books could be published today and it would be ground-breaking Informationen zum Autor Janet Frame (1924-2004) is New Zealand's most famous writer. She was a novelist, poet, essayist and short-story writer. She sought the support and company of fellow writers and set out single-mindedly and courageously to achieve her goal of being a writer. She wrote her first novel, Owls Do Cry while staying with her mentor Frank Sargeson, and then left New Zealand, not to return for seven years. Her autobiography inspired Jane Campion's acclaimed film, An Angel at My Table . She was an honorary foreign member of the American Academy of Arts and Literature and won the Commonwealth Literature Prize. In 1983 she was awarded the CBE. Klappentext The acclaimed autobiography of one of New Zealand's best-loved writers. Introduced by Jane Campion, who made it into a prize-winning film. Vorwort The acclaimed autobiography of one of New Zealand's best-loved writers. Introduced by Jane Campion, who made it into a prize-winning film. Zusammenfassung The acclaimed autobiography of one of New Zealand's best-loved writers. Introduced by Jane Campion, who made it into a prize-winning film.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Janet Frame, Frame Janet
• Mitarbeit: Jane Campion (Einführung), Campion Jane (Einführung)
• Verlag: Virago Press Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 04.03.2010
• EAN: 9781844086238
• ISBN: 978-1-84408-623-8
• Seiten: 544
• Abmessung: 130 mm x 196 mm x 36 mm
• Serien: Virago Press; Virago Modern Classics; VMC; Virago Modern Classics
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Biographien, Autobiographien; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Diaries, letters & journals, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Survival, Memoirs, Literary essays, Diaries, letters and journals