An Angel At My Table

'One of the great autobiographies of the twentieth century . . . It is a heroic story, and told with such engaging tone, humorous perspective and imaginative power' Michael Holroyd, Sunday TimesGathered here are all three volumes of Janet Frame's vivid and haunting autobiography, with a heartfelt introduction from Jane Campion, in a new edition to celebrate the centenary of Frame's birth.Illuminated with her skill and lyricism as a novelist and poet, An Angel at my Table records not only the extraordinary facts of Janet Frame's life, but her flourishing as a writer. Born into a poor but intellectually intense family, she was misdiagnosed with schizophrenia as a young woman and incarcerated for several years in psychiatric institutions. She escaped undergoing a lobotomy when it was discovered that she had just won a national literary prize - and went on to become New Zealand's most acclaimed writer. As she says more than once in this autobiography: 'My writing saved me.''The greatest New Zealand writer. She is utterly herself. Any one of her books could be published today and it would be ground-breaking' Eleanor Catton'Frame's haunting and powerful trilogy is one of the greatest of autobiographies' Hilary Mantel