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'In this deeply personal novel of exile and loneliness, Janet Frame proves the master of nostalgia, beauty, and loss. Frame is, and will remain, divine' Alice Sebold 'The idea of a new novel by Janet Frame is in itself a delight and TOWARDS ANOTHER SUMMER is a joy to read, with all the poise, inventiveness and clarity of her other work' Maggie O'Farrell 'No literary curiosity but a deeply rewarding and beautiful novel' Hilary Mantel, GUARDIAN 'Maybe Frame took pleasure in the thought of a novel appearing after her death, one that touched so closely on her essential nature, and reminded the world of her remarkable artistry' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'As true and as piercing as anything I have read in a very long time' Rachel Cooke, OBSERVER 'A wonderful social comedy... She carries and entire universe inside herself. She presents herself as shy and sensitive but she wants to be the writer with the clip of ice in her heart, which gives her a wonderful vantage point.' Michele Roberts speaking on BBC Radio 3 'Night Waves' 'This is definitely a book that enhances the Frame collection... Frame has an ability to evoke life as it is lived, a powerful way of describing interiority... I was startled by how rarely you read about home sickness in such an eloquent way.' Emily Perkins speaking on BBC Radio 4 'Front Row' (30 June)
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'A deeply rewarding and beautiful novel' Hilary Mantel, Guardian Life in England seems transitory for Grace Cleave as the pull of her native New Zealand grows stronger. She begins to feel increasingly like a migratory bird. Grace longs to find her own place in the world, if only she can decide where that is. But first she must learn to feel comfortable in her own skin, feathers and all. Written in 1963, Janet Frame considered this novel too personal to be published in her lifetime. 'In this deeply personal novel of exile and loneliness, Janet Frame proves the master of nostalgia, beauty and loss. Frame is, and will remain, divine' Alice Sebold 'Exceptional ...comic, melancholy and piercingly observant' Sunday Telegraph
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Another beautiful, lyrically evocative novel by Frame. It tells of the narrator's social awkwardness on a weekend visit to a journalist and his family; of her feeling that she belongs nowhere - not damp, dreary England, nor her home country of New Zealand, where she was considered 'mad' - except at her typewriter, deep in her work. As such, it is a semi-autobiographical account of the author's time in England. Shot through with the wit and insight Frame is deservedly famous for.
Format:Hardcover
When approaching a posthumous work, one always wonders if it is as good or as relevant as the rest of a writer's production. Towards another summer is one of those rare books which haunt you long after you've closed it. And so yes, thinking back about the novel, one feels gratitude that it exists... and could be published.
Jane Campion once said of Janet Frame that "A poetic soul has rarely come better disguised." In Towards Another Summer, the feathery disguise worn by the artist(she is a migratory bird) barely conceals her poetic soul.
Jane Campion once said of Janet Frame that "A poetic soul has rarely come better disguised." In Towards Another Summer, the feathery disguise worn by the artist(she is a migratory bird) barely conceals her poetic soul.
2 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I feel like I've been duped into buying this book by all of this talk about how it was "too personal" for publication in Janet Frame's lifetime. In fact, it seems no more (perhaps even less) personal than the books she released in her lifetime and not nearly as well written.
I recommend those new to Janet Frame start with any of the novels she released in her lifetime and leave the posthumous stuff for the fanatics.
I recommend those new to Janet Frame start with any of the novels she released in her lifetime and leave the posthumous stuff for the fanatics.
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