{"product_id":"9781741666069","title":"Living in the Maniototo","description":"Author: Frame, Janet\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781741666069\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE AUSTRALIA\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Mar 2008\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThrough the eyes of a woman of myriad personalities - ventriloquist, gossip and writer - Janet Frame playfully explores the process of writing fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThrough the eyes of a woman of myriad personalities - ventriloquist, gossip and writer - Janet Frame playfully explores the process of writing fiction: the avoidances, interruptions and irrelevancies, as well as a teasing blurring between fact and fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe landscape of the Maniototo becomes 'the bloody plain' of the imagination, as the narrator tells us about her marriages and children, her friends (real and imagined), her travels (between New Zealand and the United States) and her stay in the house left in her care by friends travelling in Italy. She must face the reality of death as well as probe the authenticity of the modern world.","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48312781537438,"sku":"UBD-9781741666069","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781741666069.jpg?v=1790069606","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781741666069","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}