{"product_id":"in-the-memorial-room-paperback","title":"In the Memorial Room - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJanet Frame\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarry Gill, a moderately successful writer of historical fiction, has been awarded the annual Watercress-Armstrong Fellowship--a 'living memorial' to the poet, Margaret Rose Hurndell. He arrives in the small French village of Menton, where Hurndell once lived and worked, to write. But the Memorial Room is not suitable--it has no electricity or water. Hurndell never wrote here, though it is expected of Harry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJanet Frame's previously unpublished novel draws on her own experiences in Menton, France as a Katherine Mansfield Fellow. It is a wonderful social satire, a send-up of the cult of the dead author, and--in the best tradition of Frame--a fascinating exploration of the complexity and the beauty of language.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJanet Frame\u003c\/b\u003e (1924 - 2004) was one of New Zealand's most distinguished writers. She is best known for \u003ci\u003eAn Angel at My Table, \u003c\/i\u003e which the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e of London called \"one of the great autobiographies written in the twentieth century,\" and inspired Jane Campion's internationally acclaimed film. Throughout her long career, Frame received a wide range of awards, including every literary prize for which she was eligible in New Zealand, honorary membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 16, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750166987040,"sku":"9781619024465","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3a2dc86bc2863dcbdd9e2e685e8f154a.webp?v=1779944890","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/in-the-memorial-room-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}