Black Rainbow
| Title | Black Rainbow |
| Year for Search | 1992 |
| Authors | Wendt, Albert(b. 1939) |
| Date Published | 1992 |
| Publisher | Penguin |
| Place Published | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Keywords | Aotearoa New Zealand author, Male author, Samoan author |
| Annotation | 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." |
| Holding Institutions | ATL, PSt, VUW |
| Author Note | The author (b. 1939) was born in Samoa and lives in Aotearoa/New Zealand. |
| Full Text | 1992 Wendt, Albert (b. 1939). Black Rainbow. Auckland, New Zealand: Penguin. ATL, PSt, VUW 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.” The author was born in Samoa and lives in Aotearoa/New Zealand. |
