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Synopsis
"Daughter Buffalo" is Janet Frame's only book set in the United States--in New York, where she once resided. The theme of human attitudes toward death is depicted through the eyes of the American narrator, Dr. Talbot Edelman. Ms. Frame suggests that rather than face the fact of death, we try to hide from it, to sweep it under the rug.
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Daughter Buffalo is Janet Frame's only book set in the United States--in New York, where she once resided. The theme of human attitudes toward death is depicted through the eyes of the American narrator, Dr. Talbot Edelman. Ms. Frame suggests that rather than face the fact of death, we try to hide from it, to sweep it under the rug.
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.
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Daughter buffalo
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AH & AW Reed, 1973
ISBN 10: 0589007564
ISBN 13: 9780589007560
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. first edition. 212 pages. Ex-library. Seller Inventory # 2668o
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Daughter Buffalo
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A.H. & A.W. Reed, London, 1973
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DAUGHTER BUFFALO
Published by
A. H. & A. W. Reed, Wellington, 1973
ISBN 10: 0589007564
ISBN 13: 9780589007560
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Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First New Zealand Edition. 212 pages in excellent condition. Previous owner's name on the ffep. Brown cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Spine a little faded. Two top corners lightly bumped. Yellow DJ with illustrations and white titles. Light wear on corners and edges. Jacket lightly soiled. VG/VG. Book. Seller Inventory # 209502
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Daughter Buffalo
Published by
A. H. & A. W. Reed (1973), Wellington, 1973
ISBN 10: 0589007564
ISBN 13: 9780589007560
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Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Some spots of foxing to top page edges. Moderate foxing to dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; Signed by the author in blue ink on the front free endpaper "Janet Frame". No other signatures. [12], 212 pages. Brown boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 134mm. "I am Talbot Edelman, medical graduate, a student of death, writing of a time now or long past which appears as a dream [.]" - opening sentence. [NB: the true first edition of this novel was the American edition published by George Braziller in 1972.]; 8vo; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 25530
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