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.

Publisher:	Hale
Year:	1971
Binding:	Hardback
ISBN:	9780709117957
Condition:	Fair
Description:	DJ. Some foxing on page edges; cover worn with tear through author's name on front and tear bottom back.

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SKU: 1590111
Location: NZ Fiction