The Plato Papers
Title | The Plato Papers |
Year for Search | 1999 |
Authors | Ackroyd, Peter [Warwick](b. 1949) |
Date Published | 1999 |
Publisher | Chatto & Windus |
Place Published | London |
Keywords | English author, Male author |
Annotation | Satire. Description of our time, known as Mouldwarp, from the point of view of a far future society (after A.D. 3700), that has a very imperfect understanding of the past. In that society, Plato, described as “the great orator of London,” presents wildly inaccurate public orations describing Mouldwarp but when he gains a more accurate picture of the past, he is persecuted. |
Additional Publishers | U.S. ed. as The Plato Papers. A Prophesy [Prophecy on the dust jacket]. New York: Nan A. Talese, 2000. |
Holding Institutions | PSt |
Author Note | (b. 1949) |
Full Text | 1999 Ackroyd, Peter [Warwick] (b. 1949). The Plato Papers. A Novel. London: Chatto & Windus. U.S. ed. as The Plato Papers. A Prophesy [Prophecy on the dust jacket]. New York: Nan A. Talese, 2000. PSt Satire. Description of our time, known as Mouldwarp, from the point of view of a far future society (after A.D. 3700), that has a very imperfect understanding of the past. In that society, Plato, described as “the great orator of London,” presents wildly inaccurate public orations describing Mouldwarp but when he gains a more accurate picture of the past, he is persecuted. |