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The Crystal World
J.G. Ballard

Issue #0

The Crystal World

Harper Paperbacks (4 Feb 2008)
9780586024195
| Paperback
175 pages | 5 x 8 mm | English
$ 2.00 | Value: $ 2.00
Dewey 823.914

Subject

  • English Fiction
  • Fiction / General
  • Science Fiction

Plot

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 men flee the area in terror, afraid to face what they cannot understand. But some, dazzled and strangely entranced, remain to drift through this dreamworld forest. There is a doctor in pursuit of his ex-mistress, an enigmatic Jesuit wielding a crystal cross, and a tribe of lepers searching for Paradise.