This is a novel which explores the growing up of four children of an educated but impoverished family in New Zealand. The children find their treasure and glory at the rubbish dump, amidst the refuse that the people of the town have thrown away.
"A strongly autobiographical account of childhood in a small, rural new Zealand town."
"Beschrijving van twee episoden uit het leven van een arm gezin in Nieuw-Zeeland: de kinderen in hun vroegste jeugd en als volwassenen."
"Owls Do Cry tells the story of the Withers family: Francie, who is twelve and about to start work at the woollen mills, hard drudgery sweetened with the thrill of riding a bike to work; Toby, who would rather play at the dump than go to school, where the dark velvet cloak of epilepsy often wraps itself around him; Chicks, the youngest; and Daphne, whose rich poetic way of seeing the world leads to a heartbreaking life in institutions. Janet Frame writes of hardship, poverty and tragedy with beauty and a deep sensitivity. Owls Do Cry is a poetic masterpiece. Jan."
"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."
"This is a novel which explores the growing up of four children of an educated but impoverished family in New Zealand. The children find their treasure and glory at the rubbish dump, amidst the refuse that the people of the town have thrown away."
"This is a novel which explores the growing up of four children of an educated but impoverished family in New Zealand. The children find their treasure and glory at the rubbish dump, amidst the refuse that the people of the town have thrown away."@en
"Die Familie des Eisenbahners Bob Withers in der neuseeländischen Kleinstadt Waimaru wird von Unglück und Krankheit geplagt: Eine Tochter, Francie, stirbt durch einen tragischen Unfall, eine andere, Daphne, erkrankt psychisch so schwer, dass sie in eine Heilanstalt eingewiesen werden muss, ihr Bruder Toby hat epileptische Anfälle. Hinter dem Drama der Familie werden aber auch gesellschaftliche Konflikte sichtbar: Kann man im ganz anders gearteten Kosmos Neuseelands einfach die Werte und Bildungsstandards des weissen Europa vermitteln, ohne Rücksicht auf die angestammte Kultur? Vor allem die grandiose poetische Sprache dieses Romans, seine Fähigkeit, besonders in die Gedanken- und Wahnwelt Daphnes einzudringen, seine menschliche Feinfühligkeit und erzählerische Objektivität machen ihn zu einem Meisterwerk der Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts. Janet Frames erster Roman aus dem Jahr 1957, der ihren literarischen Ruhm begründete, liegt hier - nach dem grossen Erfolg ihres nachgelassenen Romans "Dem neuen Sommer entgegen" - in einer überarbeiteten Übersetzung vor. Janet Frame wurde 1924 als drittes von fünf Kindern eines Eisenbahnarbeiters in Dunedin, Neuseeland, geboren, wo sie 2004 auch starb. Die Familienverhältnisse waren zum Teil tragisch, sie selbst wurde zu Unrecht als Schizophrene über Jahre hinweg in Nervenheilanstalten behandelt, u.a. mit Elektroschocks. Frame ist Autorin von zwölf Romanen und fünf Erzählungsbänden. Ausserdem veröffentlichte sie Gedichte und ein Kinderbuch. Ihre Autobiografie "Ein Engel an meiner Tafel", die von Jane Campion verfilmt wurde, gehört zu den bedeutendsten Beispielen für dieses Genre im 20. Jahrhundert. Janet Frame zählte zu den Anwärterinnen für den Literaturnobelpreis."
"This is the story of the growing up of the children of an educated but impoversihed family in New Zealand. This book was Janet Frame's first novel, revealing her joy in the power of words, and the sense of paradox that colours every moment."@en
"Owls Do Cry is one of the classics of New Zealand literature, and has remained in print continuously for fifty years. 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. Owls Do Cry forms a loose trilogy with two subsequent novels, Faces in the Water and The Edge of the Alphabet."@en
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