J. G. Ballard

The Crystal World (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Crystal World, J. G. Ballard's fourth novel, which established his reputation as a writer of extraordinary talent and imaginative powers, tells the story of a physician specializing in the treatment of leprosy who is invited to a small outpost in the interior of Africa. Finding the roadways blocked, he takes to the river, and embarks on a frightening journey through a strange petrified forest whose area expands daily, affecting not only the physical environment but also its inhabitants.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781466856639
• Artikelnr.: 41095315

Autorenporträt

J.G. Ballard is the author of numerous books, including Empire of the Sun, the underground classic Crash, and The Kindness of Women. He is revered as one of the most important writers of fiction to address the consequences of twentieth-century technology. His latest book is Super-Cannes. He lives in England.

Rezensionen

'Something magical and not to be missed' Guardian

'Beautifully rendered ... Ballard the poet in full ecstatic blast'
Anthony Burgess

'Of all the unknown regions Ballard's imagination has opened up, this crystalline forest is the most haunting' Guardian

'A haunting vision of diseased beauty ... Ballard sustains it with extraordinary intensity' Observer

'Ballard transports us once more into his own mystical, glittering and poetic universe' Sunday Telegraph

'The terrifying thing about Ballard is his logic; is this science fiction or history written ahead of its time?' Len Deighton