The Wall. A Novel
Title | The Wall. A Novel |
Year for Search | 2019 |
Authors | Lanchester, John [Henry](b. 1962) |
Date Published | 2019 |
Publisher | W. W. Norton |
Place Published | New York |
Keywords | English author, Male author |
Annotation | Climate-change dystopia in which an island has completely surrounded itself by a wall to keep out the Others, those displaced by the effects of climate change. The novels protagonist is a young man enrolled as a Defender of the wall, and it follows his experiences and the doubts he had about what he was doing. |
Holding Institutions | Public |
Author Note | The English author (b. 1962) was born in Germany, raised in Hong Kong, and educated and lives in England. |
Full Text | 2019 Lanchester, John [Henry] (b. 1962). The Wall. A Novel. New York: W. W. Norton. Public Climate-change dystopia in which an island has completely surrounded itself by a wall to keep out the Others, those displaced by the effects of climate change. The novels protagonist is a young man enrolled as a Defender of the wall, and it follows his experiences and the doubts he had about what he was doing. The English author was born in Germany, raised in Hong Kong, and educated and lives in England. |