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COPYRIGHT 2001 The Spectator Ltd. (UK)
WRESTLING WITH THE ANGEL by Michael King Picador, 16 [pounds sterling], pp. 583, ISBN 0330352768
Literary biographies, particularly those of living subjects who, like Janet Frame, expressly prefer seclusion to self-promotion, present a pleasure potentially tempered by worry about voyeurism. Do we need to know about either Jane Austen's love-affairs or Janet Frame's tax returns to understand their fictions? Not necessarily, but small details about persons of large talent can be fascinating, and not always from small-minded motives. Strength may be inspired by watching someone known for eventual success enact the series of stumbles and leaps commonly experienced as life.
Certainly the strength Frame demonstrates in her life-story is inspirational....
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