The Drowned World
by J. G. Ballard
The Drowned World by J. G. Ballard
A scientist faces both a transformed tropical city and the unsettling pull of an older inner world. Rising temperatures have turned London into a flooded landscape of lagoons and unfamiliar vegetation. Scientist Robert Kerans studies the transformed environment while experiencing dreams and impulses that resist ordinary explanations. Ballard connects an altered world with psychological change, creating a speculative novel in which retreat and adaptation become difficult to distinguish.
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The Drowned World
Rising temperatures have turned London into a flooded landscape of lagoons and unfamiliar vegetation. Scientist Robert Kerans studies the transformed environment while experiencing dreams and impulses that resist ordinary explanations. Ballard connects an altered world with psychological change, creating a speculative novel in which retreat and adaptation become difficult to distinguish.
Why read it?
A scientist faces both a transformed tropical city and the unsettling pull of an older inner world. Explore Environmental Change, Inner Life and Adaptation in this book.
Edition details
- Author / creators: J. G. Ballard
- Publisher: Liveright
- Language: English
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 208
- Edition publication year: 2013
About the Author
Book Details
- Author
- J. G. Ballard
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 208
- Publication year
- 2013
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