The Quest for Postcolonial Utopia is a critical introduction to utopian and dystopian fiction
written in Australia New Zealand Canada Africa and India. It outlines the development of
utopian writing over the last thirty years and analyzes the relationship between postcolonial
and utopian issues foregrounded in these works. Based on a comparative approach that takes into
account the different traditions the texts are derived from this book examines the function of
utopian alternatives and dystopian anxieties in the writings of a wide range of well-known
authors such as Janet Frame David Ireland J M Coetzee Nadine Gordimer Peter Carey Rodney
Hall Buchi Emecheta Margaret Atwood Glenda Adams John Cranna Suniti Namjoshi Mike Nicol
Ben Okri Gerald Murnane and Timothy Findley.
