Towards Another Summer

Author(s): Janet Frame

NZ Fiction

Self-styled writer Grace Cleave has writer's block, and her anxiety is only augmented by her chronic aversion to leaving her home, to be "among people, even for five or ten minutes." And so it is with trepidation that she accepts an invitation to spend a weekend away from London in the north of England. Once there, she feels more and more like a migratory bird, as the pull of her native New Zealand makes life away from it seem transitory. Grace longs to find her place in the world, but first she must learn to be comfortable in her own skin, feathers and all.
From the author of An Angel at My Table comes an exquisitely written novel of exile and return, homesickness and belonging. Written in 1963 when Janet Frame was living in London, this is of a novel she considered too personal to be published while she was alive.


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Coverage on Virago website

'In this deeply personal novel of exile and loneliness, Janet Frame proves the master of nostalgia, beauty, and loss. Frame is, and will remain, divine' Alice Sebold 'A reminder of why Frame was nominated for the Nobel Prize. Quite simply, she's a stunning writer' DOMINION POST (New Zealand) *'Hopefully, Towards Another Summer will incite an overdue re-evaluation of Frame's compelling and unconventional artistry' THE AUSTRALIAN 'Sometimes when you begin reading a book you realise immediately that you are in good hands. Janet Frame's name on the cover is a promise of this' CANBERRA TIMES

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.

General Fields

  • : 9781844085095
  • : Little, Brown Book Group Limited
  • : Little Brown GBR
  • : July 2009
  • : United Kingdom
  • : July 2009
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Janet Frame
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 823.2
  • : oc2009030694
  • : 224
  • : FA