The jungles in western Africa are crystallizing; trees are turning
into enormous jewels, and encrusted crocodiles lurch down rivers.
Most of the peoples of the area flee, unable to stay and watch
something happening which they do not understand. But a collection
of individuals, each with his own mission, stays in the dreamlike
landscape, each with a personal quest to fulfil (Kirkus UK)
From J. G. Ballard, author of 'Crash' and 'Cocaine Nights' comes
his extraordinary vision of an African forest that turns all in its
path to crystal. 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, Ballard transports the reader into one of his
most unforgettable landscapes. This edition is part of a new
commemorative series of Ballard's works, featuring introductions
from a number of his admirers (including James Lever, Ali Smith,
Hari Kunzru and Martin Amis) and brand-new cover designs.
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