- Fiction, general, Mentally ill, Fiction, Families
Set in provincial, pre-1940 New Zealand, this novel explores the Withers family and in particular Daphne. When one of Daphne's sisters, Francie, dies at the rubbish dump where the children search for treasure, a crisis is provoked which leads Daphne to a mental asylum where she is given shock treatment. Her voice from 'the Dead Room' haunts the novel with its poetic insights.
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- Author
- Janet Frame
- First published
- November 1, 1994
- Pages
- 231
- Publisher
- AST, Neri Pozza, Yapı Kredi Yayınları
- Editions
- 41
- Language
- French, Russian, tur, Swedish
- ISBN
- 9780349006680
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Janet Paterson Frame was a writer from New Zealand. Using her own life as inspiration, she wrote a lot about mental illness, and, well, madness. Uncomfortable, brilliant writing. She was born in Dunedin, raised in Oamaru and educated at Dunedin Teachers' Training College and Otago University. She is one of New Zealand's most acclaimed writers.
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