The Crystal World

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 12/19/1988
ISBN: 9780374520960
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d