"Visitors"
| Title | "Visitors" |
| Year for Search | 1985 |
| Authors | Cranna, John(b. 1954) |
| Secondary Title | Stand Magazine (U.K.) |
| Volume / Edition | 27 |
| Pagination | 28-37 |
| Date Published | Winter 1985-86 |
| Keywords | Aotearoa New Zealand author, Male author |
| Annotation | Dystopia. Story set in a world where an old man is being given regular electroshock treatments to take away his memories. The torturers, described as "Pale Suits," are part of a movement suppressing the poor throughout the world. A revolt takes place but appears to fail. The point-of-view character, the grandson of the man being tortured, leaves to join the opposition. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in Best Short Stories 1987. Ed. Giles Gordon and David Hughes (London: William Heinemann, 1987), 27-41; and in his Visitors (Auckland, New Zealand: Heinemann Reed, 1989), 1-15. |
| Holding Institutions | ATL, LLL, VUW |
| Author Note | Aotearoa/New Zealand author (b. 1954) |
| Full Text | 1985-6 Cranna, John (b. 1954). “Visitors.” Stand Magazine (U.K.) 27 (Winter 1985-86): 28-37. Rpt. in Best Short Stories 1987. Ed. Giles Gordon and David Hughes (London: William Heinemann, 1987), 27-41; and in his Visitors (Auckland, New Zealand: Heinemann Reed, 1989), 1-15. ATL, LLL, VUW Dystopia set in a world where an old man is being given regular electroshock treatments to take away his memories. The torturers, described as “Pale Suits,” are part of a movement suppressing the poor throughout the world. A revolt takes place but appears to fail. The point-of-view character, the grandson of the man being tortured, leaves to join the opposition. Aotearoa/New Zealand author. |
