Bibliograph

Faces in the water, Janet Frame ; introduced by Hilary Mantel

Type

Label

Faces in the water, Janet Frame ; introduced by Hilary Mantel

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Faces in the water

Responsibility statement

Janet Frame ; introduced by Hilary Mantel

Series statement

Virago modern classics, 40

Summary

"I was now an established citizen with little hope of returning across the frontier; I was in the crazy world, separated now by more than locked doors and barred windows from the people who called themselves sane." When Janet Frame's doctor suggested that she write about her traumatic experiences in mental institutions in order to free herself from them, the result was Faces in the Water, a powerful and poignant novel. Istina Mavet descends through increasingly desolate wards, with the threat of leucotomy ever present. As she observes her fellow patients, long dismissed by hospital staff, with humour and compassion, she reveals her original and questing mind

Target audience

adult

Classification