by Janet Frame · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789052263687
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«Gezichten In Het Water» is the novel by Janet Frame, published by De Geus in paperback, in Dutch.
The narrative, told from the point of view of an institutionalised young woman, describes the harsh life in two psychiatric institutions in New Zealand and reflects on perception, memory and the thin line between sanity and madness, with introspective and moving prose.
Original title: Faces in the Water (1961). The Dutch edition was published in 1996 by De Geus.
Recommended for readers of literary fiction and 20th-century classics interested in mental health and psychology.
Janet Paterson Frame was a New Zealand author. She is internationally renowned for her work, which includes novels, short stories, poetry, juvenile fiction, and an autobiography, and received numerous awards including being appointed to the Order of New Zealand, New Zealand's highest civil honour.
