Death of a Sparrow

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TitleDeath of a Sparrow
Year for Search1991
AuthorsKer-Mann, Barbara(b. 1933)
Date Published1991
PublisherLeafgreen
Place PublishedChristchurch, New Zealand
KeywordsAotearoa New Zealand author, Female author
Annotation

Dystopia set in 2000 in a New Zealand with a corrupt government and society divided between the power brokers and the displaced with Australian and U.S. corporations dominating New Zealand. The novel centers on the construction of an American-built nuclear power plant and a nuclear accident that releases significant radioactivity, which, at the end, is killing people and wildlife. The author writes that she began the novel at the time of the Three Mile Island nuclear accident in 1979.
Holding Institutions

ATL, Public, VUW
Author Note

Aotearoa/New Zealand female author (b. 1933).
Full Text

1991 Ker-Mann, Barbara (b. 1933). Death of a Sparrow. Christchurch, New Zealand: Leafgreen. ATL, Public, VUW

Dystopia set in 2000 in a New Zealand with a corrupt government and society divided between the power brokers and the displaced with Australian and U.S. corporations dominating New Zealand. The novel centers on the construction of an American-built nuclear power plant and a nuclear accident that releases significant radioactivity, which, at the end, is killing people and wildlife. The author writes that she began the novel at the time of the Three Mile Island nuclear accident in 1979. Aotearoa/New Zealand female author.