Going
| Title | Going |
| Year for Search | 1975 |
| Authors | Elliott, Sumner Locke(1917-1991) |
| Pagination | 170 pp. |
| Date Published | 1975 |
| Publisher | Harper & Row |
| Place Published | New York |
| ISBN Number | 0-06-011242-5 0 333 17517 4 |
| Keywords | Australian author, Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Future dystopia of love and patriotism Set in the U.S. People are euthanized at an age not specified in the novel The protagonist is an elderly woman on the day she will be euthanized remembering her life and her family, particularly her husband who committed suicide, her rebellious daughter who had been lobotomized, and her powerful, hated son-in-law who had created the dystopia, and kept her other daughter sedated. |
| Additional Publishers | Australian ed. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Macmillan Company of Australia, 1975. |
| Holding Institutions | A, M, PSt |
| Author Note | The author (1917-91) was born in Australia and moved to the U.S. in 1948, becoming a citizen in 1955. |
| Full Text | 1975 Elliott, Sumner Locke (1917-91). Going. New York: Harper & Row. 170 pp. Australian ed. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Macmillan Company of Australia, 1975. 170 pp. A, M, PSt Future dystopia of love and patriotism Set in the U.S. People are euthanized at an age not specified in the novel The protagonist is an elderly woman on the day she will be euthanized remembering her life and her family, particularly her husband who committed suicide, her rebellious daughter who had been lobotomized, and her powerful, hated son-in-law who had created the dystopia, and kept her other daughter sedated. The author was born in Australia and moved to the U.S. in 1948, becoming a citizen in 1955. |
