An angel at my table
Frame, Janet
An angel at my table - London : Virago, 2010 - xv, 523 pages
The complete autobiography. Originally published in three separate volumes: "To the is-land" (1982), "An Angel at my table" (1984), "The envoy from mirror city" (1985).
After being misdiagnosed with schizophrenia as a young woman, Janet Frame spent several years in psychiatric institutions. She escaped undergoing a lobotomy when it was discovered that she had just won a national literary prize. She then went on to become New Zealand's most acclaimed writer. As she says more than once in this autobiography: 'My writing saved me.'
This edition contains all three volumes of Frame's autobiography: To the Is-Land, An Angel at My Table and An Envoy from Mirror City.
9781844086238
Frame, Janet
Biography
Mental disorders
Literature
An angel at my table - London : Virago, 2010 - xv, 523 pages
The complete autobiography. Originally published in three separate volumes: "To the is-land" (1982), "An Angel at my table" (1984), "The envoy from mirror city" (1985).
After being misdiagnosed with schizophrenia as a young woman, Janet Frame spent several years in psychiatric institutions. She escaped undergoing a lobotomy when it was discovered that she had just won a national literary prize. She then went on to become New Zealand's most acclaimed writer. As she says more than once in this autobiography: 'My writing saved me.'
This edition contains all three volumes of Frame's autobiography: To the Is-Land, An Angel at My Table and An Envoy from Mirror City.
9781844086238
Frame, Janet
Biography
Mental disorders
Literature