
Owls Do Cry
by Janet Frame
Title:
Owls Do Cry
Author:
Janet Frame
Series (if any):
Virago Modern Classics
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
256 pages
Publisher:
Hachette UK Distribution
ISBN-13:
9780349020914
EAN:
9780349020914
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
328
Dimensions (mm):
198 x 128 x 19
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
'Janet Frame was a unique and troubled soul whose luminous words are the more precious' HILARY MANTEL'Her dark, eloquent song captured my heart' JANE CAMPION'All my preoccupations as a writer - my notions of home, beauty, madness of sorts and longing - come from her' MEG MASONThere is nothing in the world the matter with me, except that I have been bathed in a trough and dipped under a waterfall and the pine-needles picked from my scars. . . This 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 way of seeing the world leads to a heartbreaking life in institutions.A dazzling, fierce cry of darkness and joy, Janet Frame's debut novel is a poetic masterpiece and a timeless classic of New Zealand literature. INTRODUCED BY MARGARET DRABBLE 'The first great New Zealand novel and a modernist masterpiece . . . the book's immense power to unnerve, astonish and impress endures' Guardian





























