The Day of Creation: A Novel
Author | : J. G. Ballard |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2012-05-21 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780871404046 |
ISBN-13 | : 0871404044 |
Rating | : 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Day of Creation: A Novel written by J. G. Ballard and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2012-05-21 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As Dr. Mallory watches his clinic fail on the parched terrain of central Africa, he dreams of discovering a third Nile that will make the Sahara bloom. When there is a trickle on the local airstrip, and soon a river, the obsessed Mallory claims it as his own creation. Joined by Noon, a silent adolscent girl who as a child ran with the local guerrillas; Professor Sanger, a documentary filmmaker with a fading reputation; and Nora Warrer, the widow of a Rhodesian veterinary surgeon, the remains of whose menagerie flourish exotically amid the land's new fertility, Mallory sets out for the river's source."--Dust jacket.