Paranoia

Immediately banned after it was published, Paranoia is a novel about how dictatorships survive by burrowing into the minds of those they rule, sowing distrust and blurring the boundaries between the state's and the individual's autonomy. Although Minsk and Belarus are never mentioned, they are clearly the author's inspiration for the novel's setting. The plot focuses on a doomed romance between a young man whose former lover has disappeared and a young woman whose other lover is the minister of state security. The novel evokes classic dissident literature while artfully depicting the post-Soviet, globalized world.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 03/31/2013
ISBN: 9780810128767
Pages: 528
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/21/2013 pg. 41
Booklist 02/15/2013 pg. 34
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2013
New York Times Book Review 06/09/2013 pg. 22