Asylum

TitleAsylum
Year for Search2017
AuthorsLow, Marcus
Pagination207 pp.
Date Published2017
PublisherPicador Africa
Place PublishedJohannesburg, South Africa
ISBN Number9781770105133
KeywordsMale author, South African author
Annotation

The novel is set in South Africa, which is experiencing a rapidly spreading disease with a collapsing healthcare system and is primarily set in an asylum where those with the disease are incarcerated. The background to the novel includes climate change that has led to starvation in the United States. 

Additional Publishers

U.K. ed. London: Legend Books, [2019]. The first version was as “Asylum Story.” MA thesis (Creative Writing). Cape Town, 2009 https://open.uct.ac.za/handle/11427/8237

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Author Note

South African author

Full Text

2017 Low, Marcus. Asylum. Johannesburg, South Africa: Picador Africa. U.K. ed. London: Legend Books, [2019]. The first version was as “Asylum Story.” MA thesis (Creative Writing). Cape Town, 2009 https://open.uct.ac.za/handle/11427/8237. PSt

The novel is set in South Africa, which is experiencing a rapidly spreading disease with a collapsing healthcare system and is primarily set in an asylum where those with the disease are incarcerated. The background to the novel includes climate change that has led to starvation in the United States. South African author.