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The Crystal World
A Science Fiction Novel by J.G. Ballard
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Dystopian,
- Apocalyptic,
- Environmental Collapse,
- West Africa,
- New Weird
This book is for you if you're into...
- Surreal apocalyptic landscapes where nature transforms into glittering crystal
- Characters haunted by obsession wandering dreamlike African forests
- Strange quests with doctors, lepers, and enigmatic priests
A dystopian novel of a man traveling through Africa who encounters an apocalyptic forest heralding environmental collapse. 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.
But some, dazzled and strangely entranced, remain to drift through this dreamworld forest: a doctor in pursuit of his ex-mistress, an enigmatic Jesuit wielding a crystal cross and a tribe of lepers searching for Paradise.
In this tour de force of the imagination, J.G. Ballard transports the reader into one of his most unforgettable landscapes.
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