{"product_id":"faces-in-the-water","title":"Faces In The Water","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''One of the most impressive accounts of madness to be found in literature'' ANITA BROOKNER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Lyrical, touching and deeply entertaining'' JOHN MORTIMER, \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Any one of her books could be published today and it would be ground-breaking'' ELEANOR CATTON\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e''I was now an established citizen with little hope of returning across the frontier; I was in the crazy world, separated now by more than locked doors and barred windows from the people who called themselves sane.''\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Janet Frame''s doctor suggested that she write about her traumatic experiences in mental institutions in order to free herself from them, the result was \u003ci\u003eFaces in the Water\u003c\/i\u003e, a powerful and poignant novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIstina Mavet descends through increasingly desolate wards, with the threat of leucotomy ever present. As she observes her fellow patients, long dismissed by hospital staff with humour and compassion, she reveals her original and questing mind. This riveting novel became an international classic, translated into nine languages, and has also been used as a medical school text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooks included in the VMC 40th anniversary series include: \u003ci\u003eFrost in May\u003c\/i\u003e by Antonia White; \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Stories of Grace Paley\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFire from Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e by Mary Renault; \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Toyshop\u003c\/i\u003e by Angela Carter; \u003ci\u003eThe Weather in the Streets \u003c\/i\u003eby Rosamond Lehmann; \u003ci\u003eDeep Water\u003c\/i\u003e by Patricia Highsmith; \u003ci\u003eThe Return of the Soldier\u003c\/i\u003e by Rebecca West; \u003ci\u003eTheir Eyes Were Watching God\u003c\/i\u003e by Zora Neale Hurston; \u003ci\u003eHeartburn\u003c\/i\u003e by Nora Ephron; \u003ci\u003eThe Dud Avocado\u003c\/i\u003e by Elaine Dundy; \u003ci\u003eMemento Mori \u003c\/i\u003eby Muriel Spark; \u003ci\u003eA View of the Harbour\u003c\/i\u003e by Elizabeth Taylor; and \u003ci\u003eFaces in the Water\u003c\/i\u003e by Janet Frame\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57305537675646,"sku":"NW9780349011141","price":9.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780349011141.jpg?v=1778674288","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/faces-in-the-water","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}