| Living in the Maniototo Contributor(s): Frame, Janet (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807609587 ISBN-13: 9780807609583 Publisher: George Braziller OUR PRICE: $11.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 1980 Annotation: Welcome to the comical, ironical, and multiple worlds of one Violet Pansy Proudlock (a ventriloquist), who is also known as Alice Thumb (a gossip and secret sharer of limited imaginings) and, at other times, as Mavis Furness Barnwell Halleton (a writer twice married). Through it all, Violet-Alice-Mavis chooses to be the entertainer, to make us laugh and cry, to be the ventriloquist who dares to enter the speech of others and expose them. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 79025418 |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.46" W x 8.22" (0.71 lbs) 240 pages |
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| Publisher Description: We follow Mavid through two marriages and watch her bury two husbands. Above all, we are privy to the attendant avoidances, interruptions, and irrelevancies that are part of her attempt to complete a novel. It's a process that is painful, joyful, rueful, and profound. Through it all, Violet-Alice-Mavis chooses to be the entertainer, to make us laugh and cry, to be the ventriloquist who dares to enter the speech of others and expose them. |
Contributor Bio(s): Frame, Janet: - Recipient of the prestigious Commonwealth Writers Prize in 1989, Janet Frame has long been admired for her startlingly original prose and formidable imagination. A native of New Zealand, she is the author of eleven novels, four collections of stories, a volume of poetry, a children's book, and her heartfelt and courageous autobiography, all published by George Braziller. |