This collection of stories - Janet Frame's first published book - appeared in New Zealand in 1951, while she was confined in a mental hospital. It won the Hubert Church Award, and a threatened brain operation was averted. These stories bring into focus a crucial turning point in her life.[...]

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.[...]

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 h[...]

The most comprehensive selection of Janet Frame's stories ever published, this exceptional collection has been chosen from the four different volumes released during her lifetime. Featuring the best of her stories, the book includes pieces that were written over four decades, including stories from [...]

In 1951, just days before her scheduled lobotomy after years in a mental hospital, New Zealand author Janet Frame s first collection of short stories unexpectedly won the Hubert Church Memorial Award, one of the country s most prestigious honors. The procedure was cancelled, and Frame would go on to[...]

I'm a short story addict, both reading and writing them, and I always keep hoping for the perfect story.' (Janet Frame to Tim Curnow, January 1984) THE DAYLIGHT AND THE DUST is the most comprehensive selection of Janet Frame's stories ever published, taken from the four different collections release[...]

One of the great autobiographies of the twentieth century ...A journey from luminous childhood, through the dark experiences of supposed madness, to the renewal of her life through writing fiction. It is a heroic story, and told with such engaging tone, humorous perspective and imaginative power' Mi[...]

Efter framgången med trilogin En ängel vid mitt bord kommer nu ytterligare en självbiografisk roman - så privat att författaren avböjde publicering av denna under sin livstid. Mot ännu en sommar tillkom 1963 i samband med att Janet Frame, liksom bokens protagonist Grace, tog ett avbrott från[...]

Ansikten i vattnet är Janet Frames mäktiga och gripande dokumentation i romanform av sin mångåriga erfarenhet som intagen på nyzeeländskt mentalsjukhus under 1940- och 50-talen.

Återkommande hot om lobotomi, tortyr med elchocker och ständiga förödmjukelser var hennes vardag under de[...]