Quote by: Janet Frame

So we went to bed, assaulted by sleep that fumed at us from medicine glasses, or was wielded from small sweet-coated tablets -- dainty bricks of dream wrapped in the silk stockings of oblivion.


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Author Bio


  • NameJanet Frame
  • DescriptionNew Zealand author
  • BornAugust 28, 1924
  • DiedJanuary 29, 2004
  • CountryNew Zealand
  • ProfessionNovelist; Essayist; Poet; Writer
  • AwardsOrder Of New Zealand; Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire; Doctor Of Letters; Commonwealth Writers' Prize