The Carpathians - Softcover

Frame, Janet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807612987 ISBN 13: 9780807612989

Publisher: George Braziller, 1993

Synopsis

Book by Frame, Janet

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Review:

In The Carpathians, Janet Frame again calls into question the human facility to communicate. Relocated New Yorker Mattina Brecon attempts to get to know her neighbors on Kowhai Street, where she has taken up temporary residence in order to research the Memory Flower for which her new town is famous. One night she awakens to find her neighbors screaming without human language, covered by a midnight rain of glittering specks that are the ashes of language. The townspeople mysteriously disappear, leaving Mattina alone. Her own memories and the frightening novel of a stranger that tells the story of Mattina herself are all that she has to trace the mystery.

About the Author:

Recipient of the prestigious Commonwealth Writers Prize in 1989, Janet Frame has long been admired for her startlingly original prose and formidable imagination. A native of New Zealand, she is the author of eleven novels, four collections of stories, a volume of poetry, a children's book, and her heartfelt and courageous autobiography--all published by George Braziller.

About this edition

• Publisher: George Braziller
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0807612987
• ISBN 13: 9780807612989
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1