Living in the Maniototo
Janet Frame
(Author)
Description
We follow Mavid through two marriages and watch her bury two husbands. Above all, we are privy to the attendant avoidances, interruptions, and irrelevancies that are part of her attempt to complete a novel. It's a process that is painful, joyful, rueful, and profound. Through it all, Violet-Alice-Mavis chooses to be the entertainer, to make us laugh and cry, to be the ventriloquist who dares to enter the speech of others and expose them.
Product Details
Price
$12.50
$11.63
Publisher
George Braziller
Publish Date
May 17, 1980
Pages
240
Dimensions
5.46 X 0.74 X 8.22 inches | 0.71 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780807609583
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About the Author
Recipient of the prestigious Commonwealth Writers Prize in 1989, Janet Frame has long been admired for her startlingly original prose and formidable imagination. A native of New Zealand, she is the author of eleven novels, four collections of stories, a volume of poetry, a children's book, and her heartfelt and courageous autobiography, all published by George Braziller.
Reviews
Frame's novel is remarkable--full of word plays, cameo portraits and deliberate mystery.
