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An Angel At My Table: The Complete Autobiography

An Angel At My Table: The Complete Autobiography

by JanetFrame (Author), JaneCampion (Introduction)

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    Paperback 2008

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'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' Michael Holroyd, Sunday Times After being misdiagnosed with schizophrenia as a young woman, Janet Frame spent several years in psychiatric institutions. She escaped undergoing a lobotomy when it was discovered that she had just won a national literary prize. She then went on to become New Zealand's most acclaimed writer. As she says more than once in this autobiography: 'My writing saved me.' 'One of the most beautiful and moving books I have ever read ...A masterpiece ...Janet's autobiography had an enormous effect on me. She struck a blow right to my heart' Jane Campion

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 480
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Virago
Published: 17 Jan 2008
ISBN 10: 1844084574
ISBN 13: 9781844084579

Media Reviews
'One of the greatest autobiographies written [in the 20th] century ... A journey from lumionous childhood, through the dark experiences of supposed madness, to the renewal of her life through writing ... a heroic story, and told with such engaging tone, humor 'One of the greatest autobiographies written [in the 20th] century ... A journey from lumionous childhood, through the dark experiences of supposed madness, to the renewal of her life through writing ... a heroic story, and told with such engaging tone, humorous perspective and imaginative power' Michael Holroyd, Sunday Times 'Drawing on the poetic vocabulary of Longfellow, Whitman and Brooke, Janet Frame perceived from an early age the simultaneously inspirational and destructive power of words, as well as the shifting nature of truth ... One of our most acclaimed writers' Observer 'Irresistibly readable, commendably honest' TLS
Author Bio
Janet Frame (1924-2004) is New Zealand's most famous writer. She was a novelist, poet, essayist and short-story writer. Her autobiography inspired Jane Campion's acclaimed film, 'An Angel at My Table'. She was an honorary foreign member of the American Academy of Arts and Literature and won the Commonwealth Literature Prize. In 1983 she was awarded the CBE.