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  Crystal World (Paperback) By (author) J. G. Ballard

  

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  Short Description for Crystal WorldJ. 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 ...
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  • Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
  • Published: 19 December 1988
  • Format: Paperback 224 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 9780374520960 ISBN 10: 0374520968
  • Sales rank: 323,618

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Full description for 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.