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9780871403629

The Drowned World (50TH ANNIV)

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  • ISBN13:

    9780871403629

  • ISBN10:

    0871403625

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2013-05-20
  • Publisher: Liveright

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Summary

First published in 1962, J.G. Ballard's mesmerizing and ferociously prescient novel imagines a terrifying future in which solar radiation and global warming have melted the ice caps and Triassic-era jungles have overrun a submerged and tropical London. Set during the year 2145, the novel follows biologist Dr. Robert Kearns and his team of scientists as they confront a surreal cityscape populated by giant iguanas, albino alligators, and endless swarms of malarial insects. Nature has swallowed all but a few remnants of human civilization, and, slowly, Kearns and his companions are transformed-both physically and psychologically-by this prehistoric environment. Echoing Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness-complete with a mad white hunter and his hordes of native soldiers-this "powerful and beautifully clear" (Brian Aldiss) work becomes a thrilling adventure and a haunting examination of the effects of environmental collapse on the human mind.

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