Wrestling with the Angel: A Life of Janet Frame
by Michael King
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Janet Frame is New Zealand's most celebrated but also least public writer. She is the author of the award-winning series 'An Angel At My Table'. This biography explains how Frame was able to climb out from the depths of mental illness and become one of the greatest writers of her time.Tags
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Tried to read it once, however found it very dense. I will try it again soon.
awesome - a lengthy read but well worth it to dispel inaccurate facts about Janet Frame
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Michael King is a writer and scholar. He was born in 1945. He is New Zealand's foremost scholar on the history of the Maori people and their culture. King's book, 1000 Years of Maori History: Nga Iwi O Te Motu, examines the origins of the Maori, how their culture responded to the arrival of Europeans, and how it has continued to exist in the face show more of great odds. Maori: A Photographic and Social History is a comprehensive history using contemporary scholarship and a wide range of photographs to explore aspects of Maori life. King has also written God's Farthest Outpost, a study that traces Catholicism in New Zealand and chronicles the effects of French, Irish and Maori mingling on its development. King received an honorary degree as a Doctor of Literature from Victoria University of Wellington in May 1997. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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