The Drowned World: A Novel (50th Anniversary Edition) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Drowned World: A Novel (50th Anniversary Edition) write by J. G. Ballard. This book was released on 2012-07-23. The Drowned World: A Novel (50th Anniversary Edition) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A new generation discovers "the most original English writer of the last century." —China Miéville, The Nation Appearing in hardcover in America for the first time, this neglected Ballardian masterpiece promises to be a touchstone for environmentalists the world over. First published in 1962, J.G. Ballard’s mesmerizing and ferociously imaginative novel not only gained him widespread critical acclaim but also established his reputation as one of the finest writers of a generation. The Drowned World imagines a terrifying world in which global warming has melted the ice caps and primordial jungles have overrun a tropical London. Set during the year 2145, this novel follows biologist Dr. Robert Kearns and his team of scientists as they confront a cityscape in which nature is on the rampage and giant lizards, dragonflies, and insects fiercely compete for domination. Both an unmatched biological mystery and a brilliant retelling of 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 with “an oppressive power reminiscent of Conrad” (Kingsley Amis).
The Drowned World: A Novel (50th Anniversary Edition)
The Drowned World: A Novel (50th Anniversary Edition) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Drowned World: A Novel (50th Anniversary Edition) write by J. G. Ballard. This book was released on 2012-07-23. The Drowned World: A Novel (50th Anniversary Edition) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From one of the most powerful and original talents in science fiction comes the story of a new world--a strange world where solar radiation fluctuations have melted the polar ice caps, flooding the land and raising the temperature of the atmosphere.
High-Rise: A Novel
High-Rise: A Novel - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook High-Rise: A Novel write by J. G. Ballard. This book was released on 2012-03-05. High-Rise: A Novel available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Harsh and ingenious! High Rise is an intense and vivid bestiary, which lingers unsettlingly in the mind." —Martin Amis, New Statesman When a class war erupts inside a luxurious apartment block, modern elevators become violent battlegrounds and cocktail parties degenerate into marauding attacks on “enemy” floors. In this visionary tale, human society slips into violent reverse as once-peaceful residents, driven by primal urges, re-create a world ruled by the laws of the jungle.
The Cambridge Companion to Environmental Humanities
The Cambridge Companion to Environmental Humanities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cambridge Companion to Environmental Humanities write by Jeffrey Cohen. This book was released on 2021-09-02. The Cambridge Companion to Environmental Humanities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Offers a comprehensive introduction to the environmental humanities. It addresses the 21st century recognition of an environmental crisis.
Millennium People: A Novel
Millennium People: A Novel - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Millennium People: A Novel write by J. G. Ballard. This book was released on 2011-07-18. Millennium People: A Novel available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The most cosmically elegiac writer in literature . . . no one reading Ballard could doubt the tidal gravity of his intellect." —Jonathan Lethem, New York Times Book Review Violent rebellion comes to London’s middle classes in this “fascinating” (San Francisco Chronicle) novel from the same author of Crash and Empire of the Sun. Never more timely, Millennium People “seeks to illuminate our hearts of darkness while undermining our assumptions about what literature is meant to do” (Los Angeles Times).
