Owls Do Cry
{{Short description|New Zealand modernist novel}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| name = Owls Do Cry
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| author = Janet Frame
| country = New Zealand
| language = English
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| published = 1957
| publisher = Pegasus Press
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| isbn = 9781869418892
| oclc = 960181712
| dewey = 823
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Owls Do Cry is a modernist novel by New Zealand author Janet Frame.{{Cite web|date=2016-02-11|title=Owls Do Cry by Janet Frame review – New Zealand's first great novel|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/11/owls-do-cry-janet-frame-review-new-zealand-s-first-big-novel|access-date=2022-02-12|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=31 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131111641/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/11/owls-do-cry-janet-frame-review-new-zealand-s-first-big-novel|url-status=live}} Published in 1957, the book covers the story of the Withers siblings, who live in a seaside town in the South Island through a period of 20 years. The book extensively covers Daphne Withers' journey, including undergoing lobotomy.{{Cite news|last=Hegarty|first=Neil|title=A song of survival: Neil Hegarty on Janet Frame and Owls Do Cry|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/a-song-of-survival-neil-hegarty-on-janet-frame-and-owls-do-cry-1.2503588|access-date=2022-02-12|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en|archive-date=26 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526175604/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/a-song-of-survival-neil-hegarty-on-janet-frame-and-owls-do-cry-1.2503588|url-status=live}} Owls Do Cry is the first novel written by Frame and its content is loosely based on Frame's life, particularly her experience of spending eight years in and out of mental asylums, greatly influenced the content of the novel.{{Cite web|last=Campion|first=Jane|date=2008-01-19|title=Jane Campion recalls her encounters with Janet Frame|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jan/19/fiction5|access-date=2022-02-12|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=31 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131094523/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jan/19/fiction5|url-status=live}}