Towards Another Summer
by Janet Frame
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Author: Janet FrameEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-04-01
ISBN: 158243476X
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Counterpoint
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Summary: 1 Stars
We have come to expect posthumous works to be inferior to those the artist chooses to release in their own lifetime. This is no exception.
Although savvy publishers have marketed this novella as "too personal" for publication in Frame's lifetime, it seems more likely that the author held it back not because it was too revealing (indeed, her early novels are far more personal) but because it failed to meet her own high standards.
Those familiar with Frame's fiction will most likely be disappointed by this work, which seems to be less a fully-fledged work of fiction than a protracted personal essay. Here, many of the subtleties and complexities of Frame's best work are reduced to mere observations and asides, while her gift for metaphor and cadence likewise suffers. It is telling that Frame wrote this while struggling to complete another novel, as this sense of frustration and uncertainty infects "Towards Another Summer."
In short, this work is recommended reading for completists only.
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