Owls Do Cry
'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' Eleanor CattonOwls Do Cry is the story of the Withers family: Francie, soon to leave school to start work at the woollen mills; Toby, whose days are marred by the velvet cloak of epilepsy; Chicks, the baby of the family; and Daphne, whose rich, poetic imagination condemns her to a life in institutions. 'Janet Frame's first novel, Owls Do Cry, created a sensation in New Zealand when it was published in 1957. It was hailed by some critics as the country's long-awaited first great novel, even a m…
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Weitere Autoren: Drabble, Margaret (Einf.)
- ISBN: 978-0-349-00667-3
- EAN: 9780349006673
- Produktnummer: 18917721
- Verlag: Little, Brown and Company
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Ausstattung: B-Format Paperback
- Masse: H20.0 cm x B12.9 cm x D2.0 cm 173 g
- Reihenbandnummer: 2171
- Gewicht: 173
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Janet Frame (1924-2004) was one of New Zealand's most distinguished writers. She is best known for her autobiography, which inspired Jane Campion's internationally acclaimed film, An Angel at My Table. Michael Holroyd hailed it as 'one of the greatest autobiographies written in the twentieth century'. She was also the author of twelve novels, five collections of short stories, two volumes of poetry and a children's book.Throughout her long career Janet Frame received a wide range of awards. They included every literary prize for which she was eligible in New Zealand, honorary membership of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Commonwealth prize for literature. She also won civil honours - a CBE in 1983 for services to literature, the Order of New Zealand in 1990 - and honorary doctorates and medals from three New Zealand universities.
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