The Burning World (novel)
Author | J. G. Ballard |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publisher | Berkley Books |
Publication date | 1964 |
Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
Pages | 160 pp |
The Burning World is a 1964 science fiction novel by British author J. G. Ballard.[1] An expanded version, retitled The Drought, was first published in 1965 by Jonathan Cape.[2]
Plot[]
In contrast to Ballard's earlier novel The Drowned World, The Burning World describes a world in which water is scarce. After an extensive drought,[3] rivers have turned to trickles and the earth to dust, causing the world's populations to head toward the oceans in search of water. The drought is caused by industrial waste flushed into the ocean, which form an oxygen-permeable barrier of saturated long-chain polymers that prevents evaporation and destroys the precipitation cycle.
The main focus of the book is on the surrealistic landscapes forming a changing setting symbolising the developing psychological conflicts and alienation of the principal character.[2]
References[]
- ^ http://www.ballardian.com/biblio-the-burning-world
- ^ Jump up to: a b Milicia, Joe. "Joe Milicia analyses The Drought in Riverside Quarterly, 1985". J.G. Ballard. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- ^ https://www.npr.org/2014/12/05/368691744/after-the-california-downpour-the-drought-offers-some-dry-reading
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