Riddley Walker
Title | Riddley Walker |
Year for Search | 1980 |
Authors | Hoban, Russell [Conwell](1925-2011) |
Date Published | 1980 |
Publisher | Jonathan Cape |
Place Published | London |
Keywords | English author, Male author, US author |
Annotation | Post-catastrophe dystopia describing the society that has developed in England, which is presented as a primitive but complex society. The novel is presented as written by a member of the society, Riddley Walker, and is in the language that is used by the society. |
Additional Publishers | U.S. ed. with the subtitle A Novel. New York: Summit Books, 1980. Exp. ed. Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1998, with two illus., an “Afterword” (223-27), “Notes” (229-31), and a “Glossary” (233-35) by the author. |
Holding Institutions | LLL, PSt |
Author Note | The author (1925-2011) was born in the U.S. and lived in England from 1969. |
Full Text | 1980 Hoban, Russell [Conwell] (1925-2011). Riddley Walker. London: Jonathan Cape. U.S. ed. with the subtitle A Novel. New York: Summit Books, 1980. Exp. ed. Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1998, with two illus., an “Afterword” (223-27), “Notes” (229-31), and a “Glossary” (233-35) by the author. LLL, PSt Post-catastrophe dystopia describing the society that has developed in England, which is presented as a primitive but complex society. The novel is presented as written by a member of the society, Riddley Walker, and is in the language that is used by the society. |