Faces in the Water

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 Narrated entirely from the viewpoint of a young insane woman, this novel provides a moving description of the horrific conditions in two New Zealand mental institutions. Vorwort Narrated entirely from the viewpoint of a young insane woman, this novel provides a moving description of the horrific conditions in two New Zealand mental institutions. Zusammenfassung Narrated entirely from the viewpoint of a young insane woman, this novel provides a moving description of the horrific conditions in two New Zealand mental institutions.

Product details

• Authors: Janet Frame, Frame Janet
• Assisted by: Hilary Mantel (Introduction)
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.03.2009
• EAN: 9781844084616
• ISBN: 978-1-84408-461-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 181 mm x 133 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Virago Modern Classics; VMC; VMC; Virago Modern Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Women, FICTION / Biographical, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Medical, Medical profession, Biographical fiction