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The Envoy from Mirror City

by Janet Frame · 1985

Janet Frame Autobiography seriesbook 3 of 3

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THE ENVOY FROM MIRROR CITY is the third book of Janet Frame's three-volume autobiography. It describes her travels overseas and entry into the saving world of writers and the 'Mirror City' that sustains them.

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womenwomenMore like thisLess of this
Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 176 pages

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