Snowman: Fables and Fantasies
by Janet Frame
Category: Fiction

The fables and fantasies In Snowman Snowman, "written In a torrential poetic prose" (The New York Times), read like dreams, nightmares, and fairy tales, and are often Imbued with a sense of moral consciousness. There is tale of two sheep engaged in conversation en route to the slaughterhouse. In "Solutions," a man cuts off his body to free his mind. Frame offers brilliant insights into generally sup-pressed aspects of the human condition.