TY - STAND KW - Aotearoa New Zealand author KW - Male author KW - Samoan author AU - Albert Wendt (b. 1939) AB -
Dystopia set in New Zealand in which the government is erasing the history of each individual and the country, a process known as dehistorising. Kafkaesque elements with the narrator appearing before an ever-changing Tribunal. He then becomes part of the "Game of Life" in which he is hunted as he searches for his wife and family, who have been taken by the authorities, with the Game providing entertainment for the people. See also his 1992 "The Don'ts of Whistling."
C5 -ATL, PSt, VUW
C6 -The author (b. 1939) was born in Samoa and lives in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
C7 - 1992 CY - Auckland, New Zealand DA - 01/1992 LA - eng N2 -Dystopia set in New Zealand in which the government is erasing the history of each individual and the country, a process known as dehistorising. Kafkaesque elements with the narrator appearing before an ever-changing Tribunal. He then becomes part of the "Game of Life" in which he is hunted as he searches for his wife and family, who have been taken by the authorities, with the Game providing entertainment for the people. See also his 1992 "The Don'ts of Whistling."
PB - Penguin PP - Auckland, New Zealand PY - 1992 TI - Black Rainbow ER -