Abaza: A Modern Encyclopedia. A Novel

TitleAbaza: A Modern Encyclopedia. A Novel
Year for Search2001
AuthorsNowra, Louis(b. 1950)
Date Published2001
PublisherPicador
Place PublishedSydney, NSW, Australia
KeywordsAustralian author, Male author
Annotation

An authoritarian dystopia described in an encyclopedia, which had been put together from the notes and scraps of paper collected in Abaza prison by prisoners hoping to save knowledge of the country in face of the dictatorship's desire to destroy all knowledge of the past.

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Australian author (b. 1950).

Full Text

2001 Nowra, Louis (b. 1950). Abaza: A Modern Encyclopedia. A Novel. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Picador. PSt

An authoritarian dystopia described in an encyclopedia, which had been put together from the notes and scraps of paper collected in Abaza prison by prisoners hoping to save knowledge of the country in face of the dictatorship’s desire to destroy all knowledge of the past. Australian author.