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Zusatztext A clever! high-spirited performance 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 In this highly inventive novel, reality, fiction and dreams are woven together as Janet Frame playfully explores the process of writing fiction.In this highly inventive novel, reality, fiction and dreams are woven together as Janet Frame playfully explores the process of writing fiction. Zusammenfassung In this highly inventive novel, reality, fiction and dreams are woven together as Janet Frame playfully explores the process of writing fiction.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Janet Frame, Frame Janet
• Collaboration: Linda Grant (Editeur), Linda Grant (Introduction), Grant Linda (Introduction)
• Edition: Virago Press Ltd
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 05.11.2009
• EAN: 9781844084609
• ISBN: 978-1-84408-460-9
• Pages: 288
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 200 mm x 18 mm
• Thèmes: Virago Modern Classics; VMC; Virago modern classics
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); FICTION / Women, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), FICTION / Magical Realism, FICTION / Absurdist, Classic fiction, Fiction: general and literary