Season of Anomy
| Title | Season of Anomy |
| Year for Search | 1973 |
| Authors | Soyinka, Wole [Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde](b. 1934) |
| Date Published | 1973 |
| Publisher | Rex Collings |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | Male author, Nigerian author |
| Annotation | The first two chapters present a communal eutopia. Much of the rest of the book presents current reality as dystopia, but the eutopian Aiyéró provides the possibility of something better. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, Eng.: Nelson, 1980. |
| Holding Institutions | VUW |
| Author Note | The author (b. 1934), who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986, was born in Nigeria and educated there and in England, where he earned a doctorate at the University of Leeds. He has taught at universities in England, Nigeria and the U.S. and was twice held as a political prisoner in Nigeria. He returned to Nigeria in 1999. |
| Full Text | 1973 Soyinka, Wole [Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde] (b. 1934). Season of Anomy. London: Rex Collings. Rpt. Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, Eng.: Nelson, 1980. VUW The first two chapters present a communal eutopia. Much of the rest of the book presents current reality as dystopia, but the eutopian Aiyéró provides the possibility of something better. The author, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986, was born in Nigeria and educated there and in England, where he earned a doctorate at the University of Leeds. He has taught at universities in England, Nigeria and the U.S. and was twice held as a political prisoner in Nigeria. He returned to Nigeria in 1999. |
