"Daughter Buffalo" is Janet Frame's only book set in the United States--in New York, where she once resided. The theme of human attitudes toward death is depicted through the eyes of the American narrator, Dr. Talbot Edelman. Ms. Frame suggests that rather than face the fact of death, we try to hide from it, to sweep it under the rug.
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
New Zealander Frame's 1972 novel Daughter Buffalo , her only work set in America, relates in an original fashion a doctor's reaction to a patient's death; The Adaptable Man , first published in 1965, contrasts an alienated young murderer with his antiquated father and uncle.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Review
As in previous novels...the author examines conventional attitudes toward death with both satire and wistful poetry. -- Time Magazine
She writes with a beauty that confers a morbid grandeur, that makes poetry of the particular, the private, the enclosed. And she has written a novel as gleaming as pure, black, shattered glass. -- The New York Times --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
She writes with a beauty that confers a morbid grandeur, that makes poetry of the particular, the private, the enclosed. And she has written a novel as gleaming as pure, black, shattered glass. -- The New York Times --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An impressive book from a most gifted artist,
By A Customer
This review is from: Daughter Buffalo (Paperback)
In this novel, her only one to take place in the United States, Dr. Frame explores death and it's care takers in dream-like prose. Her vision, insight and gift for language is unparralelled.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Unique Writer,
By
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Daughter Buffalo (Paperback)
I never heard of Jnet Frame until I saw the biographical movie "Angel at my Table" about her life.I liked her writing because it is unlike any other writer, she has a different slant on everything and her use of language is equally unique and well crafted.
2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An impressive book from a most gifted artist,
By A Customer
This review is from: Daughter Buffalo (Paperback)
In this novel, her only one to take place in the United States, Dr. Frame explores death and it's care takers in dream-like prose. Her vision, insight and gift for language is unparralelled.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product).
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
