Towards Another Summer is a meditation on the themes of exile and return, homesickness and not knowing where home really is. It is suffused with beauty and tenderness and shot through with self-deprecating humour and frailty.
Grace, the protagonist, is taking a break from writing a long novel and seems to be losing her grip on daily life in London. She feels more and more like a migratory bird as the pull of her native New Zealand makes life in England seem transitory. The desire to leave behind the social human agonies of appearing neither too clever nor too stupid, too helpful or too lazy, becomes overwhelming for Grace.
Frame's observational prowess is apparent in Towards Another Summer in the vivid and heartbreaking passages about children and childhood and in Grace's growing awareness of the demanding forces of social convention.
Download and start listening now!
"Too personal to be published in her lifetime, it's writing like this that blurred the line between Frame's real and written life. It seems like this book was given more editorial room to breathe and the writing is like poetry hiding as prose. Beautiful." — Five (4 out of 5 stars)
"Too personal to be published in her lifetime, it's writing like this that blurred the line between Frame's real and written life. It seems like this book was given more editorial room to breathe and the writing is like poetry hiding as prose. Beautiful."
" Of all the books I've read by Janet Frame so far, this is my favorite. As soon as I started reading, I felt a connection with Grace's character which kept me hooked to the end. "
" An interesting book. The protagonist a writer and at the same time a sociopath who tries to be social at one weekend. Surely well written and I definitely wanted to read it, but I always have some problems to get into a book if the main character is not the sympathetic figure for me. "
" oh, janet frame. so painful yet comforting to read. nobody gets social anxiety like you! "
" Janet Frame ist ein Vogel und ich bin Janet Frame. "
" Hmm sort of a poor mans version of Angel at my Table "
" A perfect description of feeling awkward, of trying to be polite & engaging, of overdoing it to the point of embarrassment, of being human. "
" I love this woman. what a delight to have something new from her. I see this book has come out before, tho i have never seen it, how could this have happened? ah well, better late. . . "
" The concept of the novel doesn't quite sustain itself all the way through, but it's still an arresting portrait of depression/anxiety. "
Audiobooks Were Restored to Your Cart
[ShoppingCartItemsAddedOnMerge] audiobook(s) were left in your cart from a previous visit, and saved to your account for your convenience. You may view or remove these audiobooks on the shopping cart page.