They: A Sequence of Unease
| Title | They: A Sequence of Unease |
| Year for Search | 1977 |
| Authors | Dick, Kay [Kathleen Elsie](1915-2001) |
| Pagination | 94 pp. |
| Date Published | 1977 |
| Publisher | Allan Lane |
| Place Published | London |
| ISBN Number | 9780571370863 978-1946022288 |
| Keywords | English author, Lesbian author, Swiss author |
| Annotation | The unnamed narrator lives on the Sussex Coast in an undefined future and describes life as everyone is menaced by a mysterious “they” who are enforcing conformity and the erasure of cultural memory by destroying books and art and killing those who resist. Anyone living alone, “they” see as reflecting an individualism that must be eliminated. “They” approve of children’s cruelty. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. London: Faber, 2022, with an introduction by Carmen Maria Machado. 107 pp. U.S. ed. New York: McNally Editions, 2022, with an Afterword by Lucy Scholes (103-112), parts of which originally appeared as “A Lost Dystopian Masterpiece” in The Paris Review (August 13, 2020). https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/08/13/a-lost-dystopian-masterpiece/ 112 pp. |
| Info Notes | The last chapter, “Hallo Love,” was published separately in 1975. Her papers are held at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas. |
| Author Note | The lesbian author 1915-2001) was born in England, raised in Switzerland and England, and then lived in England. |
| Full Text | 1977 Dick, Kay [Kathleen Elsie] (1915-2001). They: A Sequence of Unease. London: Allan Lane. 94 pp. Rpt. London: Faber, 2022, with an introduction by Carmen Maria Machado. 107 pp. U.S. ed. New York: McNally Editions, 2022, with an Afterword by Lucy Scholes (103-112), parts of which originally appeared as “A Lost Dystopian Masterpiece” in The Paris Review (August 13, 2020). https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/08/13/a-lost-dystopian-masterpiece/ 112 pp. The last chapter story, “Hallo Love,” was published separately in 1975. The unnamed narrator lives on the Sussex Coast in an undefined future and describes life as everyone is menaced by a mysterious “they” who are enforcing conformity and the erasure of cultural memory by destroying books and art and killing those who resist. Anyone living alone, “they” see as reflecting an individualism that must be eliminated. “They” approve of children’s cruelty. The lesbian author was born in England, raised in Switzerland and England, and then lived in England. Her papers are held at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas. |
