Owls do cry / Janet Frame ; introduced by Margaret Drabble.
Publication details: Melbourne, Vic. : The Text Pub. Co., 2014.Description: xiii, 280 pages ; 20 cmISBN:- 9781922147899
- Alienation (Social psychology) -- Fiction
- Epilepsy -- Fiction
- Mentally ill -- Fiction
- Families -- Fiction
- Suspense fiction
- Family relationships -- Fiction
- Mental illness -- Fiction
- Suspense fiction
- New Zealand fiction -- 20th century
- Suspense fiction
- Maturation -- New Zealand -- Fiction
- Mentally ill -- Fiction
- Family relationships -- Fiction
- Mental illness -- Fiction
- Families -- Fiction
- Alienation (Social psychology) -- Fiction
- Epilepsy -- Fiction
- NZ823.2 23
- PR9639.3.F7
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction | FRA | Available | 059822 |
So the day promised fair, and the sea lay like a quilt with the waves tucked under, and the trees wavering like leafless water, cut to fit from a transparent block of blue air and frost. 'Owls do cry' tells the story of the Withers family: Francie, who is twelve and about to start work at the woollen mills, hard drudgery sweetened with the thrill of riding a bike to work; Toby, who would rather play at the dump than go to school, where the dark velvet cloak of epilepsy often wraps itself around him; Chicks, the youngest; and Daphne, whose rich poetic way of seeing the world leads to a heartbreaking life in institutions. Janet Frame writes of hardship, poverty and tragedy with beauty and a deep sensitivity. 'Owls do cry' is a poetic masterpiece.