Wrestling with the Angel

Awards:   Winner of Book Data New Zealand Booksellers' Choice Award 2001 Winner of Book Data New Zealand Booksellers' Choice Award 2001. Winner of Montana New Zealand Book Awards: Montana Medal for Non-Fiction 2001 Winner of Montana New Zealand Book Awards: Montana Medal for Non-Fiction 2001. Winner of Montana New Zealand Book Awards: Readers' Choice Award 2001 Winner of Montana New Zealand Book Awards: Readers' Choice Award 2001.
Author:   Michael King
Publisher:   Counterpoint
ISBN:  

9781582431857


Pages:   612
Publication Date:   07 March 2002
Format:   Paperback
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Awards

  • Winner of Book Data New Zealand Booksellers' Choice Award 2001
  • Winner of Book Data New Zealand Booksellers' Choice Award 2001.
  • Winner of Montana New Zealand Book Awards: Montana Medal for Non-Fiction 2001
  • Winner of Montana New Zealand Book Awards: Montana Medal for Non-Fiction 2001.
  • Winner of Montana New Zealand Book Awards: Readers' Choice Award 2001
  • Winner of Montana New Zealand Book Awards: Readers' Choice Award 2001.

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The first full-scale biography of Janet Frame, described by some as the most distinguished woman writer in English. . Janet Frame is New Zealand's most celebrated and least public author. She has published some two-dozen works, been shortlisted for the Nobel Prize, and was he subject of Jane Campion's award-winning film An Angel at My Table. Relying on previously examined documents, including Frame's diaries and health records, King reveals the formative episodes of her life. Insightful, sometimes shocking, and always unforgettable, Wrestling with the Angel is a remarkable account of a writer who has been pushed to the limit by life and has pushed back, using the powers of her imagination to create extraordinary work.

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Author:   Michael King
Publisher:   Counterpoint
Imprint:   Counterpoint
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.369kg
ISBN:  

9781582431857


ISBN 10:   158243185
Pages:   612
Publication Date:   07 March 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Michael King was one of New Zealand's leading historians. Over three decades he wrote or edited more than 30 books, most of them New Zealand history or biography. He won a wide range of awards for this work, including the New Zealand Book Award for Non-fiction, the Wattie Book of the Year (twice), the Montana Medal for Non-fiction and, in 2003, an inaugural Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement. He was a contributor to the prestigious Oxford History of New Zealand and wrote for all five volumes of The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. King taught or held fellowships at seven universities in New Zealand and other countries, including Georgetown University in Washington DC, where he was Visiting Professor of New Zealand Studies. He was tragically killed in a car accident in 2004.

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