Faces in the Water & Edge of the Alphabet
Re-issued as part of the new Janet Frame Collection, these two novels draw on the experiences of Janet Frame's early life, and also explore the world of the mind, isolated and inarticulate. The two books are commonly regarded as part of a trilogy with 'Owls do Cry'.
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| ISBN |
9781869417383 |
| Barcode |
9781869417383 |
| Published |
23 September 2005 by Random House |
| Format |
Paperback |
| Author(s) |
By Frame, Janet |
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Full details for this title
| Interest Age |
All ages |
| Reading Age |
All ages |
| NBS Text |
General & Literary Fiction |
| ONIX Text |
General/trade |
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| Number of Pages |
288 |
| Dimensions |
Width: 128mm
Height: 198mm
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| Weight |
825g |
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| Dewey Code |
Not specified |
| Catalogue Code |
15868 |
Description of this Book
Drawing on Janet Frame's own experience, these two novels explore the world of the mind - isolated and inarticulate - and very different ways of leaving the protection and confines of home. In Faces in the Water (first published in 1961), Istina Mavet moves in and out of mental hospitals, facing the regular terrors of electric shock treatment and the threats of being sent to the dreaded Ward 2 and being given a leucotomy. In The Edge of the Alphabet (first published in 1962), epileptic Toby Withers and failed schoolteacher Zoe Bryce leave behind the judgements of their communities for the wider world, boarding a liner for London. Each novel is distinguished by startlingly fresh and apposite imagery, beautiful writing and vivid characters and scenes. Both show Janet Frame's wisdom, compassion and genius.
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Author's Bio
Janet Frame was born in Dunedin in 1924. She was the author of eleven novels, five collections of stories, a volume of poetry and a children's book. She was a Burns Scholar and a Sargeson Fellow and won the New Zealand Scholarship in Letters and the Hubert Church Award for Prose. She was made a CBE in 1983 for services to literature, awarded an honorary doctorate of literature from Otago University in 1978, and one from Waikato University in 1992. She received New Zealand's highest civil honour in 1990 when she was made a Member of the Order of New Zealand. Janet Frame died in January 2004.
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