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The lagoon and other stories / Janet Frame.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Bloomsbury classicsPublication details: London : Bloomsbury Pub., 1991.Description: 166 pages ; 16 cmISBN:
  • 0747509050
  • 9780747509059
Uniform titles:
  • Lagoon
Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823.2 21
LOC classification:
  • PR9639.3.F7 L34 1991
Other classification:
  • 18.05
Contents:
The lagoon -- The secret -- Kneel and kool -- The bedjacket -- My cousins who could eat cooked turnips -- Dossy -- Swans -- The day of the sheep -- Child -- Spirit -- Snapdragons -- My father's best suit -- A beautiful nature -- On the car -- Tiger, tiger -- Jan Godfrey -- Summer -- Miss Gibson and the lumber room -- A note on the Russian War -- The birds began to sing -- The pictures -- Treasure -- The park -- My last story.
Summary: This collection of stories - Frame's first published book - appeared in New Zealand in 1951, while she was confined in a mental hospital. It won an award for her, and a threatened brain operation was averted. These stories bring into focus a crucial turning point of the writer's life.
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Fiction Fiction Waimate Event Centre - Long term storage Fiction FRAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Not for loan A00053642

Originally published as: The lagoon. 1951.

The lagoon -- The secret -- Kneel and kool -- The bedjacket -- My cousins who could eat cooked turnips -- Dossy -- Swans -- The day of the sheep -- Child -- Spirit -- Snapdragons -- My father's best suit -- A beautiful nature -- On the car -- Tiger, tiger -- Jan Godfrey -- Summer -- Miss Gibson and the lumber room -- A note on the Russian War -- The birds began to sing -- The pictures -- Treasure -- The park -- My last story.

This collection of stories - Frame's first published book - appeared in New Zealand in 1951, while she was confined in a mental hospital. It won an award for her, and a threatened brain operation was averted. These stories bring into focus a crucial turning point of the writer's life.

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