Name: A State of Siege
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Author: Janet Frame
ISBN: 9781804271995

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A State of Siege

Janet Frame (Author) · Fitzcarraldo Editions · Paperback

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Synopsis "A State of Siege"

In A State of Siege Janet Frame brings her signature playfulness to paint a thrilling psychological portrait After the death of her invalid mother Malfred Signal a retired New Zealand art teacher leaves her birthplace in the south for a beach cottage on a sub tropical island in the north Freed from endless lessons on still life and the dominating presence of her family she hopes at last to be alone with nature and the room two inches behind the eyes But the solitude she has sought mocks her with echoes of her past when one stormy night an intruder pounds ceaselessly and inexplicably on her door Propulsive yet poignant A State of Siege is a mesmerizing exploration of the artistic process of selfhood and loneliness and of death and its counterpart the need to survive to live