Where The Lights Glow Darkly
| Author | Mohammed Nadir |
|---|---|
| Country | Gassasinia |
| Language | Gassasinian |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Set in | 2057 |
| Publisher | Ghorayeb Publishing |
Publication date | 1990 |
Published in English | 1992 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback & Hardback) |
| Followed by | How Can The Sun Cast a Shadow? |
Where The Lights Glow Darkly is a dystopian science fiction novel by the Gassasinian author Mohammed Nadir published in 1990. Where The Lights Glow Darkly follows Bruce Kafrouny, a disabled man from a working-class background who struggles to make it in the cut-throat corporate world of Jabiyah, where a strict caste system between the "educated" - seen as enlightened and progressive who are allowed to vote - and the "uneducated" - seen as backwards and idiotic. Although claiming to express the virtues of equality, in reality the highly capitalistic and consumerist society of 2057 Gassasinia creates a playing field whereby it is difficult for the disadvantaged to get an equal footing to those who come from a more privileged background.
Where The Lights Glow Darkly was written as a cautionary tale about the enthusiastic and unrestrained approach to capitalism undertaken by Gassasinian society during the radical transition from a developing to a developed country throughout the 1980's and early 1990's. Mohammed Nadir believed that Gassasinia's rapid growth risked leaving the disadvantaged in the dust as society became more self-interested, and strayed away from the family structure that helped people in their times of need.