An edition of Owls Do Cry (1957)

La chambre close

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An edition of Owls Do Cry (1957)

La chambre close

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  • ★★★ 3.0 (2 ratings)
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  • 1 Currently reading
  • 2 Have read

Set in provincial, pre-1940 New Zealand, this novel explores the Withers family and in particular Daphne. When one of Daphne's sisters, Francie, dies at the rubbish dump where the children search for treasure, a crisis is provoked which leads Daphne to a mental asylum where she is given shock treatment. Her voice from 'the Dead Room' haunts the novel with its poetic insights.

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Publisher
Alinéa
Language
French
Pages
271

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Subjects

Fiction, general Mentally ill Fiction Families Electroconvulsive therapy Alienation (Social psychology) Nineteen forties Social life and customs Manners and customs Fiction, historical New zealand, fiction New Zealand Women authors Biography New Zealand Authors Mental illness

People

Janet Frame

Times

20th century

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Cover of: Owls Do Cry (Bloomsbury Classic)
Owls Do Cry (Bloomsbury Classic)
January 1, 1996, Bloomsbury
Hardcover - New Ed edition
Cover of: Uilen roepen
Uilen roepen
1994, De Geus
in Dutch
Cover of: Les hiboux pleurent vraiment
Les hiboux pleurent vraiment
November 1, 1994, Joëlle Losfeld
Paperback in French
Cover of: La chambre close
La chambre close
1986, Alinéa
in French
Cover of: Owls do cry
Owls do cry
1985, Hutchinson
in English

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Edition Notes

Published in
Aix-en-Provence
Series
Domaine anglo-américain
Translated From
English

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
R

Contributors

Translator
Catherine Vieilledent
Preface
Viviane Forrester

The Physical Object

Pagination
271 pages
Number of pages
271

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL32113445M
Internet Archive
lachambreclose0000fram
ISBN 10
2904631186
ISBN 13
9782904631184
OCLC/WorldCat
420253778

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL2271657W

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