''I was now an established citizen with little hope of
returning across the frontier; I was in the crazy world, separated
now by more than locked doors and barred windows from the people
who called themselves sane.'' When Janet Frame''s doctor suggested
that she write about her traumatic experiences in mental
institutions in order to free herself from them, the result was
Faces in the Water, a powerful and poignant novel. Istina Mavet
descends through increasingly desolate wards, with the threat of
leucotomy ever present. As she observes her fellow patients, long
dismissed by hospital staff, with humour and compassion, she
reveals her original and questing mind. This riveting novel became
an international classic, translated into nine languages, and has
also been used as a medical school text.
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Janet Frame 1924-2004 is New Zealand''s most famous writer.
She was a novelist, poet, essayist and short-story writer. Her
autobiography inspired Jane Campion''s acclaimed film, ''An Angel at
My Table''. She was an honorary foreign member of the American
Academy of Arts and Literature and won the Commonwealth Literature
Prize. In 1983 she was awarded the CBE.