Bell Call by Sylvia Ashton-Warner

Set in a semi-rural New Zealand community, the action of Bell Call is centered around the local school but never explicitly within it: distinguishing the novel from Spinster while benefiting from Ashton-Warner’s intimate familiarity with this environment. The bizarre anti-establishment activities of the artistically oriented Tarl and her young family are observed by the novel’s protagonist, the writer Dan. The novel is a spare representation of ordinary New Zealand life, interwoven with an intricate exploration of what it is to be a writer. This 1971 Hale Hardback is in fair condition. DJ. Some foxing on page edges.

ISBN: 9780709117957 SKU: 1475617 This image is of the actual book.

SKU: 1475617
Location: NZ Fiction