The Crystal World
The Crystal World
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Book Description
J. G. Ballard’s fourth novel, which established his reputation as a writer of extraordinary talent and imaginative powers, tells the story of a physician specializing in the treatment of leprosy who is invited to a small outpost in the interior of Africa. Finding the roadways blocked, he takes to the river, and embarks on a frightening journey through a strange petrified forest whose area expands daily, affecting not only the physical environment but also its inhabitants.
The Crystal World,J. G. Ballard,Farrar, Straus and Giroux,0374520968,Africa,Fiction,Fiction - General,General,Science fiction,Fiction / General
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