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The Drowned World

J.G. Ballard

198 pages

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This fast-paced narrative by the author of 'Crash' and 'Empire of the Sun' is a stunning evocation of a flooded, tropical London of the near future and a foray into the workings of the unconscious mind.

Themes
Dark & BroodingDreamlike & SurrealStrange & UnsettlingThought-ProvokingThrilling & PropulsiveClimate collapse as psychological mirrorCivilization's fragility against natureThe unconscious mind's primal pull
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