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Living in the Maniototo

Living in the Maniototo1979

Janet Frame

About this book

The main character, Mavis, decides to become a writer after the death of her second husband. The reader is "privy to the attendant avoidances, interruptions, and irrelevancies that are part of her attempt to complete a novel."--Jacket.

Details

First published
1979
OL Work ID
OL2271672W

Subjects

FictionNovelistsNew ZealandersAuthorshipWomen authorsCalifornia, fiction

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