Torch
| Title | Torch |
| Year for Search | 1987 |
| Authors | Paton Walsh, Jill(b. 1939) |
| Date Published | 1987 |
| Publisher | Viking Kestrel |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | English author, Female author |
| Annotation | Young adult post-catastrophe dystopia in which most civilizations have disappeared, and people live in small settlements scratching a living. The novel focuses on two young people forced to marry who are passed on the last Olympic torch and try to return to its home. |
| Info Notes | BBC serial film (April 24 - May 29, 1992) adapted by William Corlett, directed and produced by Robin Crichton. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | The female English author (b. 1937) was born Gillian Bliss. |
| Full Text | 1987 Paton Walsh, Jill (b. 1937). Torch. London: Viking Kestrel. U.S. ed. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1988. PSt Young adult post-catastrophe dystopia in which most civilizations have disappeared, and people live in small settlements scratching a living. The novel focuses on two young people forced to marry who are passed on the last Olympic torch and try to return to its home. BBC serial film (April 24 - May 29, 1992) adapted by William Corlett, directed and produced by Robin Crichton. The female English author was born Gillian Bliss. |
