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The rainbirds / Janet Frame.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Christchurch, N.Z. : Pegasus, 1969.Edition: 1st N.Z. edDescription: 206 pages ; 21 cmGenre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823.2 21
LOC classification:
  • PZ4.F812 Rai3 PR6056.R26
Summary: 'When Godfrey Rainbird is knocked down by a car, his wife cries, ordered widow's weeds and funeral flowers, and imbibes sympathy with the neighbourly cup of tea. Her widowhood entitles her to respect, and she will undoubtably learn to run her life again. Then Godfrey returns from the dead. It has all been a macabre mistake : he was only in a coma. The real tragedy begins when he comes home from hospital, for Godfrey has his dreams too, and a man newly resurrected is entitled to ponder on eternity ..."--Preface.
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Fiction Fiction Waimate Event Centre - Long term storage Fiction FRAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Not for loan A00055721

Novel.

Originally published: London : W.H. Allen, 1968.

'When Godfrey Rainbird is knocked down by a car, his wife cries, ordered widow's weeds and funeral flowers, and imbibes sympathy with the neighbourly cup of tea. Her widowhood entitles her to respect, and she will undoubtably learn to run her life again. Then Godfrey returns from the dead. It has all been a macabre mistake : he was only in a coma. The real tragedy begins when he comes home from hospital, for Godfrey has his dreams too, and a man newly resurrected is entitled to ponder on eternity ..."--Preface.

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