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One of the great autobiographies of the twentieth century . . . It is a heroic story, and told with such engaging tone, humorous perspective and imaginative power' Michael Holroyd, Sunday TimesGathered here are all three volumes of Janet Frame's vivid and haunting autobiography, with a heartfelt introduction from Jane Campion, in a new edition to celebrate the centenary of Frame's birth.Illuminated with her skill and lyricism as a novelist and...

EINE DER BEDEUTENDSTEN SCHRIFTSTELLERINNEN UNSERER ZEIT." DEUTSCHLANDRADIO KULTUR Janet Frames autobiographischer Roman erzählt die Lebensgeschichte einer der eigenwilligsten Autorinnen der Weltliteratur. Die junge Janet Frame wächst unter ärmlichen und tragischen Umständen an der Küste Neuseelands auf: Ihr Bruder erkrankt an Epilepsie, und ihre beiden Schwestern ertrinken bei Badeausflügen. Nach einem Selbstmordversuch in die Psychiatr...

Yanlis teshis sonucu sizofreni tedavisi icin yillarca akil hastanesinde tutulan Janet Frame, genclik dönemini karanlik deneyimlerle gecirdi. Öykü kitabinin ödül kazanmasi sayesinde dönüsü olmayacak bir operasyondan ve ömür boyu tecritten kurtulan Frame, ileride Yeni Zelandanin en önemli yazari olacakti. Yazmak onu kurtarmisti. Otobiyografik unsurlar barindiran Sudaki Yüzler akil sagligi ve hastaliginin, psikiyatrik yardimin, sagliga kavusma yö...

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Yanlis teshis sonucu sizofreni tedavisi icin yillarca akil hastanesinde tutulan Janet Frame, genclik dönemini karanlik deneyimlerle gecirdi. Öykü kitabinin ödül kazanmasi sayesinde dönüsü olmayacak bir operasyondan ve ömür boyu tecritten kurtulan Frame, ileride Yeni Zelandanin en önemli yazari olacakti. Soframda Bir Melekte pek cok vesileyle tekrarladigi gibi yazmak onu kurtarmisti. Elinizdeki kitap Janet Framein üc ciltlik otobiyografisini bi...

Baykuslar Öterken, 1940larda Yeni Zelanda kirsalinda yasayan yoksul ama egitimli bir isci ailesinin bes cocugunun, özellikle de hassas ve duygusal Daphnenin zor kosullarda büyüyüp yetiskinlige adim atisinin trajik öyküsünü anlatiyor. Bu ilk romaninda siirle düzyaziyi bir arada kullanan, klasik anlamda bir olay örgüsü kurmaktan kacinan Janet Frame, yarattigi zaman ve mekan üstü dünya araciligiyla birey olmanin degerini, cocuklugun genellikle gö...

Yeni romaninda tikanip ilerleyemeyen yazar Grace Cleave Londrada tanistigi gazeteci Philip Thirkettlein nazik daveti üzerine, bir hafta sonu onu ve ailesini ziyaret etmeyi kabul eder. Uzun bir bocalamanin ardindan verdigi bu karardan hemen pisman olsa da geri dönülmez bir yola adimini atmistir bir kere. Kendi ic dünyasinin derinliklerine, anilarina, hesaplasmalarina dogru giden bir yoldur bu. Janet Frame fazlasiyla kisisel buldugu icin ancak ö...

Excerpt from Snowman Snowman: Fables and FantasiesPeople live on earth, and animals and birds, and fish live in the sea, but we do not defeat the sea, for we are driven back to the sky, or we stay, and become what we have tried to conquer, remembering nothing except our new ¿owing in and out, in and out, sighing for one place, drawn to another, wild with promises to white birds and bright red fish and beaches abandoned then longed for.I never ...

Candidata due volte al premio Nobel, l'ultima nel 2003, la scrittrice neozelandese Janet Frame è soprattutto nota per il film di Jane Campion "Un angelo alla mia tavola", tratto dalla biografia omonima. Nata in una famiglia indigente, riesce a diplomarsi come insegnante ma è successivamente bollata come non "normale" e non idonea all'insegnamento. Diagnosticata schizofrenica, viene internata per otto anni in manicomio dove è sottoposta a 200 e...

Excerpt from The Reservoir: Stories and SketchesWe realized, and were glad, that school would soon te open. What was school like? It seemed so long ago, it seemed as if we had never been to school, surely we had forgotten everything we had learned, how frightening, thrilling and strange it would all seem! Where would we go on the first day, who would teach us, what were the names of the new books?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hu...

I was now an established citizen with little hope of returning across the frontier, I was in the crazy world, separated now by more than locked doors and barred windows from the people who called themselves sane.'Istina Mavet descends through increasingly desolate wards to Lawn Lodge, where patients are considered beyond hope, and a leucotomy is the only method of rehabilitation. As she observes her fellow patients, long disregarded by hospita...

A collection of short stories by the author of An Angel at My Table.

Excerpt from Snowman Snowman: Fables and FantasiesPeople live on earth, and animals and birds, and fish live in the sea, but we do not defeat the sea, for we are driven back to the sky, or we stay, and become what we have tried to conquer, remembering nothing except our new ¿owing in and out, in and out, sighing for one place, drawn to another, wild with promises to white birds and bright red fish and beaches abandoned then longed for.I never ...

Excerpt from The Reservoir: Stories and Sketches We realized, and were glad, that school would soon te open. What was school like? It seemed so long ago, it seemed as if we had never been to school, surely we had forgotten everything we had learned, how frightening, thrilling and strange it would all seem! Where would we go on the first day, who would teach us, what were the names of the new books? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publis...

Owls Do Cry is one of the classics of New Zealand literature, and has remained in print continuously for fifty years. A fiftieth anniversary edition was published in 2007. Regarded by many as one of the best New Zealand novels published, it forms a loose trilogy with her two subsequent novels, Faces in the Water and The Edge of the Alphabet.

Towards Another Summer is a meditation on the themes of exile and return, homesickness and not knowing where home really is. It is suffused with beauty and tenderness and shot through with self-deprecating humour and frailty.

In ihrem vielleicht schönsten Roman erzählt Janet Frame von einer Frau, die, nachdem sie ihren Ehemann verloren hat, beschließt Schriftstellerin zu werden. Sie absolviert einen Kurs, geht auf Reisen, verliebt sich, heiratet erneut - und wird wieder Witwe. Auf Einladung von Freunden verbringt sie, die Neuseeländerin, den Sommer in Berkeley, Kalifornien, und erbt unversehens das Haus ihrer Freunde, die bei einem Erdbeben in Italien ums Leben kom...

Harry Gill, a moderately successful writer of historical fiction, has been awarded the annual Watercress-Armstrong Fellowship--a 'living memorial' to the poet, Margaret Rose Hurndell. He arrives in the small French village of Menton, where Hurndell once lived and worked, to write. But the Memorial Room is not suitable--it has no electricity or water. Hurndell never wrote here, though it is expected of Harry. Janet Frame's previously unpublishe...

One of the most impressive accounts of madness to be found in literature ... A masterpiece' Anita Brookner