Sylvia Ashton-Warner — Bell Call
Hale 1971 Hardback. 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. DJ. Some foxing on page edges; cover worn with tear through author\'s name on front and tear bottom back. (ISBN: 9780709117957). Fair.