Janet Frame: An Angel At My Table
An Angel At My Table
Buch
- The Complete Autobiography
- Little, Brown Book Group, 08/2024
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9780349018546
- Bestellnummer: 11922882
- Umfang: 480 Seiten
- Gewicht: 476 g
- Maße: 217 x 135 mm
- Stärke: 36 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 1.8.2024
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
'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 poet, An Angel at my Table records not only the extraordinary facts of Janet Frame's life, but her flourishing as a writer. Born into a poor but intellectually intense family, she was misdiagnosed with schizophrenia as a young woman and incarcerated for several years in psychiatric institutions. She escaped undergoing a lobotomy when it was discovered that she had just won a national literary prize - and went on to become New Zealand's most acclaimed writer. As she says more than once in this autobiography: 'My writing saved me.'
'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 Catton
'Frame's haunting and powerful trilogy is one of the greatest of autobiographies' Hilary Mantel
Biografie
Janet Frame wurde 1924 als drittes von fünf Kindern eines Eisenbahnarbeiters in Dunedin, Neuseeland, geboren, wo sie 2004 auch starb. Die Familienverhältnisse waren zum Teil tragisch, sie selbst wurde zu Unrecht als Schizophrene über Jahre in Nervenheilanstalten behandelt, u. a. mit Elektroschocks.§Frame ist Autorin von zwölf Romanen. Ihre Autobiographie gehört zu den bedeutendsten Beispielen für dieses Genre im 20. Jahrhundert. Janet Frame zählte zu den Anwärterinnen für den Literaturnobelpreis.![Janet Frame: An Angel At My Table, Buch](https://media1.jpc.de/image/w468/front/0/9780349018546.jpg)
Janet Frame
An Angel At My Table
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