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The Drowned World
by J.G. Ballard, Martin Amis- ISBN: 9780871403629 (0871403625)
- Places: London, England
- Language: english
- Publisher: Liveright
- Author: J.G. Ballard, Martin Amis
- Characters: Robert Kerans, Beatrice Dahl, Colonel Riggs, Dr. Alan Bodkin, Lieutenant Hardman
- Genres: fiction, dystopia, fantasy, apocalyptic, novels, thriller, classics
- Release date: May 20, 2013
- Format: paperback, 198 pages
About The Book
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 polar ice caps and Triassic-era jungles have overrun a submerged and tropical London. Set during the year 2145, the novel follows biologist Dr. Robert Kerans 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, Kerans 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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