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'This is the story of Isao Dazai, a Japanese-born man who has recently immigrated to Australia with his family. The future that Isao lives in is a world of mass race segregation where each of the world's cities have been divided into three separate walled ghettos, defined by three 'mass racial' categories: Asian, African and Caucasian.
'Living in Asian-Sydney, Isao knows that simply wanting to cross the city's boundaries is one of the greatest of crimes in this new world, as is his inability to leave his Japanese culture behind. Within months of arriving in Sydney, he is charged with the crime of multiculturalism and sentenced to Assimilation, a radical and invasive punishment created by the Australian Government. This new punishment strips Isao of his personality and skin pigmentation and leaves him with cold, white skin, and nothing but a number to identify himself with.' (Publisher's blurb)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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An Anthropological Turn?
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 192 2008; (p. 88-92)
— Review of On a Wing and a Prayer 2006 single work novel ; The Lost Dog 2007 single work novel ; Musk and Byrne 2008 single work novel ; The Solemn Lantern Maker 2008 single work novel ; The Biographer 2008 single work novel ; The Spare Room 2008 single work novel ; They Called Me the Wildman : The Prison Diary of Henricke Nelson 2008 single work novel ; Many Years a Thief 2007 single work novel ; Jamaica : A Novel 2007 single work novel ; The Good Parents 2008 single work novel ; Black Sheep : A Dystopian Novel 2007 single work novel ; Misconceptions 2008 single work novel -
The Crime of Being Different
Charlene Brusso
(interviewer),
2007
single work
interview
— Appears in: Publishers Weekly , December vol. 254 no. 50 2007; (p. 39)
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An Anthropological Turn?
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 192 2008; (p. 88-92)
— Review of On a Wing and a Prayer 2006 single work novel ; The Lost Dog 2007 single work novel ; Musk and Byrne 2008 single work novel ; The Solemn Lantern Maker 2008 single work novel ; The Biographer 2008 single work novel ; The Spare Room 2008 single work novel ; They Called Me the Wildman : The Prison Diary of Henricke Nelson 2008 single work novel ; Many Years a Thief 2007 single work novel ; Jamaica : A Novel 2007 single work novel ; The Good Parents 2008 single work novel ; Black Sheep : A Dystopian Novel 2007 single work novel ; Misconceptions 2008 single work novel -
The Crime of Being Different
Charlene Brusso
(interviewer),
2007
single work
interview
— Appears in: Publishers Weekly , December vol. 254 no. 50 2007; (p. 39)
- Sydney, New South Wales,
