Janet Frame discussion

My introduction to Janet's work was the same as Mike's. As a writer and someone also a bit "socially awkward", I felt a great affinity with her as a person. Her autobiography was actually the first work of hers that I read. I would read her novels and short story collections as I could find them over the years at the bookstores or library. Never really been able to get into her poetry, though. I'm really fascinated with her use of language and her imagination, as well as the various ways everyone is in their own little world in so much of her work.

Hello, I'm Joanne, and I'd never heard of Janet Frame until I saw the movie about her. The scene where the sisters were in bed, with their worn shoes on the floor, (The Dancing Princesses) was one of the most touching I've seen. I read her books, and can't say I always understood them. I should read them again.

Thank you Jodi, I'll investigate those books.

I never have introduced myself here. I, too, found her thru the Jane Campion film about her life. I felt compelled to search out who she was. Then, I became a collector of her works and have an entire Janet Frame shelf on my book shelf, but it's now overflowing and displacing books on the next one over. I've not read them all yet, but I'm working on it. Hands down, she is my favorite author. I prefer her more auto biographical works to her works of pure fiction, and love to spend time in her childhood. She described what goes on in one's mind as a child so well...the weird thoughts, the conversations....and with such a brutal honesty that is so refreshing....she's never sappy about it.