Black Rainbow

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Author

Albert Wendt

Publication

1995 - University of Hawaiʻi Press, Honolulu, USA, Hawaii

Language

English

Word Count

66,750 words, Guess

Page Count

267 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

Open LibraryOL794490M
ISBN-100824815866
OCLC Control Number32698381
OCLC Control Numberblackrainbow00wend
Library of Congress Control Number95030291

and 3 more

LibraryThing1590240
Goodreads1847923
Open LibraryOL1501626M

Classifications

DDC823
LCCPR9665.9.W46 B58 1995

Description

This startling new novel by Albert Wendt takes the form of a fast-moving allegorical thriller. Who are the all-powerful Tribunal and President? Who are the Hunters and the Hunted, and the allies from the depths of the city? Set in a future New Zealand where only the Citizen who asks no questions can achieve happiness, a renegade hero seeks to rescue his family in the State-sponsored Game of Life.

Description

"The place: Auckland, New Zealand / Aotearoa. The time: to be revealed as our hero attempts to rescue his family in the State-sponsored Game of Life. The prospect: happiness - but only for the Citizen who asks no questions. ... Who are the all-powerful Tribunal and President? Who are the Hunters and the Hunted, and the allies from the depths of the city? Is this just another phase in a longer, more deadly struggle? Did it really begin way back, in the 1980s?... " --Back cover.

Subjects

Topics

Roman Fiction Fiction, general New Zealand fiction Islands of the Pacific -- Fiction

Places

Islands of the Pacific

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