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Ice
In a land devastated by war, a nameless narrator pursues an elusive white-haired woman in the clutches of a government official known only as "The Warden." Neither will giver her up, but a freak ecological apocalypse is indifferent to their rival claims. As a terrifying wall of ice continues its incursion, freezing everything in its path, it seems that only the white-haired woman is truly resigned to the fate of the world. Ice is hailed as classic of science fiction and a definitive work of the slipstream genre. As part of the new and improved Cased Classics, this edition features a false die cutting of a triangle on the dust jacket, while printed on the cover board is the striking artwork of contemporary artist Naomi Frears.
Book Details
- Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers
- Publish Date: Mar 1st, 2021
- Pages: 192
- Language: English
- Edition: Second Edition, - 0002
- Dimensions: 7.40in - 4.90in - 0.80in - 0.65lb
- EAN: 9780720620139
- Categories: • Dystopian• Literary
About the Author
Anna Kavan (1901-1968), born Helen Woods, was a British novelist who emerged from a Swiss asylum in 1938 with a pen-name adopted from one of her fictional characters. Now a cult figure, her writing has been compared to Kafka, Woolf, and Ballard. Christopher Priest is a novelist and science fiction writer whose works include Inverted World and The Prestige.
Praise for this book
"Ice is her best novel: a sustained and extended metaphor for the descent into, and traverse of, the ice-laden world of the addict . . . a marvel of descriptive, chilling writing, rich in action and introspection." --Christopher Priest
"Entering this haunting realm, the reader will crave to plunge deeper into her metallic and poetically surreal universe." --Patti Smith
"A classic, a vision of unremitting intensity which combines some remarkable imaginative writing with what amounts to a love-song to the end of the world. Not a word is wasted, not an image is out of place." --Times Literary Supplement
"One of the most mysterious of modern writers, Anna Kavan created a uniquely fascinating fictional world. Few contemporary novelists could match the intensity of her vision." --J G Ballard
"Astonishes with poetic brilliance." --Sunday Telegraph
"To say it is Kafkaesque or sci-fi would be to minimise a true classic." --New Statesman
"One of the most terrifying postulations about the end of the world . . . one can only admire the strength and courage of this visionary." --Times