Posted by alexandra_k on November 23, 2004, at 16:02:10
In reply to Anyone read Janet Frame, posted by vwoolf on November 23, 2004, at 8:27:35
Yes indeed. Not only that but there is a film version called "an angel at my table". The book version was forced on me at school which put me off rather (unfortunately).
I would recommend "Faces in the Water" personally. Brilliant. A bit of insight into psychiatric institutions in New Zealand however many years ago. Conditions are better, but...
She is something of a New Zealand icon.
Another is Katherine Mansfield - brilliant, though she didn't suffer from mental illness I don't think.
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