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The Crystal World
J. G. Ballard
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Description for The Crystal World
Paperback. From J. G. Ballard, author of 'Crash' and 'Cocaine Nights' comes his extraordinary vision of an African forest that turns all in its path to crystal. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 184.
From J. G. Ballard, author of `Crash' and `Cocaine Nights' comes his extraordinary vision of an African forest that turns all in its path to crystal. Through a `leaking' of time, the West African jungle starts to crystallize. Trees metamorphose into enormous jewels. Crocodiles encased in second glittering skins lurch down the river. Pythons with huge blind gemstone eyes rear in heraldic poses. Most flee the area in terror, afraid to face a catastrophe they cannot understand. ... Read more
From J. G. Ballard, author of `Crash' and `Cocaine Nights' comes his extraordinary vision of an African forest that turns all in its path to crystal. Through a `leaking' of time, the West African jungle starts to crystallize. Trees metamorphose into enormous jewels. Crocodiles encased in second glittering skins lurch down the river. Pythons with huge blind gemstone eyes rear in heraldic poses. Most flee the area in terror, afraid to face a catastrophe they cannot understand. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Triad/Panther Books
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780586024195
SKU
V9780586024195
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99-22
About J. G. Ballard
J. G. Ballard was born in 1930 in Shanghai. After internment in a civilian prison camp, his family returned to England in 1946. His 1984 bestseller `Empire of the Sun' won the Guardian Fiction Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. His controversial novel `Crash' was made into a film by David Cronenberg. His autobiography `Miracles of Life' was ... Read more
Reviews for The Crystal World
`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 ... Read more