{"product_id":"9780349006673-owls-do-cry","title":"Owls Do Cry","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eOwls Do Cry\u003c\/i\u003e is the first novel of one of New Zealand's most acclaimed classic writers, Janet Frame. Hailed as a masterpiece on first publication in 1957, it is comparable to Sylvia Plath's \u003ci\u003eThe Bell Jar\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest\u003c\/i\u003e by Ken Kesey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Owls Do Cry \u003c\/i\u003eremains innovative and relevant' \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Janet Frame was a unique and troubled soul whose luminous words are the more precious' HILARY MANTEL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Her dark, eloquent song captured my heart ' JANE CAMPION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOwls Do Cry \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of the Withers family: Francie, soon to leave school to start work at the woollen mills; Toby, whose days are marred by the velvet cloak of epilepsy; Chicks, the baby of the family; and Daphne, whose rich, poetic imagination condemns her to a life in institutions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is one of the classics of New Zealand literature and has remained in print continuously for fifty years. A fiftieth anniversary edition was published in 2007.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOwls Do Cry is Janet Frame's first novel. She describes her idea behind it in the second volume of her autobiography:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Pictures of great treasure in the midst of sadness and waste haunted me and I began to think, in fiction, of a childhood, home life, hospital life, using people known to me as a base for main characters, and inventing minor characters'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRegarded by many as one of the best New Zealand novels published, Owls Do Cry forms a loose trilogy with her two subsequent novels, Faces in the Water and The Edge of the Alphabet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450577858934,"sku":"9780349006673","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_26771381.jpg?v=1760453484","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780349006673-owls-do-cry","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}