Owls Do Cry - Softcover

Janet Frame

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0704339587 ISBN 13: 9780704339583

Publisher: Womens Press Ltd,The, 1985

Synopsis

This first novel tells the story of the growing up of the children of an educated but impoverished New Zealand family. Janet Frame is the author of The Carpathians, which won the Commonwealth Prize for Literature in 1989.

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About the Author

Janet Frame (1924 2004) was one of New Zealand’s most distinguished writers. She is best known for An Angel at My Table, which the Sunday Times of London called one of the great autobiographies written in the twentieth century,” and inspired Jane Campion’s internationally acclaimed film. Throughout her long career, Frame received a wide range of awards, including every literary prize for which she was eligible in New Zealand, honorary membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Literature.

From AudioFile

Janet Frame is one of New Zealand's literary treasures, and her first novel, OWLS DO CRY, published in 1957, is considered a masterpiece. Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the novel chronicles the harrowing experiences of 14-year-old Daphne, diagnosed schizophrenic and confined to a mental institution. Much of Daphne's story unfolds in stream-of-consciousness ramblings, the hallucinatory, lyrical poetry that marks the music of madness. Heather Bolton's voice is soft and intriguing, a voice clearly from another world. When Daphne sings her poetry, Bolton's wispy, compelling school-girl soprano confirms that this book is a perfect fit for audio. Voices from the outside world come mainly from Daphne's sister, Teresa's, detailed diaries. Bolton handles the more grounded prose with ease, while making Daphne's surreal interior monologues strange, beautiful, and haunting. S.J.H. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine

Edition details

• Publisher: Womens Press Ltd,The
• Publication date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0704339587
• ISBN 13: 9780704339583
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 196