"From the first place of liquid darkness, within the second place of air and light, I set down the following record with its mixture of fact and truths and memories of truths and its direction always toward the Third Place, where the starting point is myth."
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To the Is-land, chap. 1, ‘‘In the Second Place’’, 1982
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Janet Frame
Nene Janet Paterson Clutha (28 August 1924– 29 January 2004) was a New Zealand author who published under the name Janet Frame. She wrote novels, short stories, poetry, juvenile fiction, and an autobiography. Frame's celebrity derived from her dramatic personal history as well as her literary career.
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