Nostalgia

TitleNostalgia
Year for Search2016
AuthorsVassanji, M[oyez] G.(b. 1950)
Tertiary AuthorsVassanji, M. G(b. 1950)
Pagination261 pp.
Date Published2016
PublisherPenguin Random House Canada/Doubleday Canada
Place PublishedToronto, ON, Canada
ISBN Number9780385667166
KeywordsAfrican author, Canadian author, US author
Annotation

In the future seeming immortal people regularly have their memories erased and replaced with more pleasant ones that help them fit in with their current reality, but the memories do not completely disappear. 

Additional Publishers

Indian ed. New Delhi, India: Penguin Books India, 2016. 

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

The author (b. 1950) was born in Kenya of Indian ancestry and raised in Tanzania, followed by doctoral work in nuclear physics in the United States before moving to Canada 1978. 

Full Text

2016 Vassanji, M[oyez] G. (b. 1950). Nostalgia. Toronto, ON, Canada: Penguin Random House Canada/Doubleday Canada. Indian ed. New Delhi, India: Penguin Books India, 2016. 261 pp. PU

In the future seeming immortal people regularly have their memories erased and replaced with more pleasant ones that help them fit in with their current reality, but the memories do not completely disappear. The author was born in Kenya of Indian ancestry and raised in Tanzania, followed by doctoral work in nuclear physics in the United States before moving to Canada 1978.