Name: the drowned world
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Author: Ballard, J. G. ; Amis, Martin
ISBN: 9780871403629

Type

Physical Book

Author

J. G. Ballard

Introduction by

Martin Amis

Publisher

Liveright Publishing Corporation

Year

2013

Language

English

Pages

208

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.8x13.7x1.8 cm

Weight

0.18 kg.

ISBN

0871403625

ISBN13

9780871403629

Synopsis "the drowned world"

In the novel that catapulted him to international acclaim upon its publication in 1962, J.G. Ballard's mesmerizing and ferociously prescient The Drowned World imagines a terrifying future in which solar radiation and global warming has 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 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, Kearns and his companions are transformed--both physically and psychologically--by this prehistoric environment. The Drowned World is both a thrilling adventure and haunting examination of the effects of environmental collapse on the human mind.

Martin Amis

(Introduction by)

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Martin Amis (Swansea, 1949 - Florida, 2023) studied at Oxford and made a brilliant debut as a novelist with The Rachel Papers, awarded in 1973 with the Somerset Maugham Award, published in Spain (in 1985) by Anagrama. Throughout his career, he worked as a screenwriter and several of his novels were adapted for television. He is the author of short stories, essays, and novels. He has two autobiographical books: Experience and Koba the Dread. His last work was Inside Story.

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