Daylight And The Dust : Selected Short Stories By Janet Frame

The Daylight and the Dust: Selected Short Stories is the most comprehensive selection of Janet Frame's stories ever published, taken from the four different collections released during her lifetime and featuring many of her best. Written over four decades, the stories' themes range from childhood to old age to death and beyond. Within the pages of one book, the reader is transported from small-town New Zealand to inner-city London, and from realism to fantasy. Janet Frame's versatility dazzles, and this volume offers the perfect sample of the many styles of her unique and powerful writing.