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  1. A Very Private Life by Michael Frayn (1968) is a futuristic fairy tale that describes a young woman's futile quest to make meaningful contact with another human being.

    • Michael Frayn
    • 1968
  2. Equal parts dystopian science fiction and brilliant social satire, Michael Frayns eerily prescient fourth novel A Very Private Life (1968) earned widespread critical acclaim and comparisons to Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. This edition features a new introduction by the author.

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    • Michael Frayn
  3. A Very Private Life is a dystopian comedy. It’s the bleak and funny future…. There are two social classes – inside people and outside people…. Insiders live in the totally insulated dwellings and never exit into the outer world – they are the rulers….

  4. A very private life by Frayn, Michael. Publication date 1981 Topics Fiction in English, 1945- - Texts Publisher [Glasgow] : Fontana Collection printdisabled ...

  5. May 19, 2005 · See all formats and editions. Uncumber lives in a dystopian world where all humanity is divided in two - the Insiders and the Outsiders. The Insiders are privileged, with their every need catered to by somatic drugs, three-dimensional holovision and prolonged life.

    • Michael Frayn
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  7. Nov 12, 2015 · A Very Private Life. 'Easily the most original thing Frayn has done . . . written with elegant simplicity.'. New Statesman Uncumber lives at a time in the distant future when all humanity is...