- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc (1 Jan 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0374525773
- ISBN-13: 978-0374525774
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 14 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,572,538 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘Absolutely vintage Ballard…impressive stuff…never anything but compulsively absorbing: the white heat of its images seems to burn off the page, and the surreal landscapes linger on in the mind.’ Independent
‘An exciting plot, unfolded with a master’s cunning…Ballard has written an adventure story that constantly surprises and excites.’ Guardian
‘A metaphysical adventure story dealing with complex themes – the life-giving power of water, the cold eye of television, obsession and love – all set in a dream Africa, as if hallucinated by Joseph Conrad.’ Angela Carter
‘A blend of animated reverie, myth and adventure story, “The Day of Creation” imprints itself on the mind by its acid sweetness.’ Times Literary Supplement
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.Review
‘Absolutely vintage Ballard…Never anything but compulsively absorbing: the white heat of its images seems to burn off the page, and the surreal landscapes linger on in the mind’ Independent
‘An exciting plot, unfolded with a master’s cunning … Ballard has written an adventure story that constantly surprises and excites’ Guardian
‘A metaphysical adventure story dealing with complex themes – the life-giving power of water, the cold eye of television, obsession and love – all set in a dream Africa, as if hallucinated by Joseph Conrad’ Angela Carter
‘A blend of animated reverie, myth and adventure story, The Day of Creation imprints itself on the mind by its acid sweetness’ Times Literary Supplement
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I couldn't disagree more with the previous reviewer. While I've always favored Ballard's early classics, this mid-period novel is also a classic.
As Dr. Mallory wanders through this 'fever dream' landscape of modern Africa, much like the river than bears his name, you get glimpses of Ballard's brave new world. The one in which we live today: a wasteland, one littered with "beer bottles, cigarette packs and French pornographic magazines" , old air conditioners, water coolers, tires and fuel drums, in short "a terminal moraine of modern technology".
Ballard is a social theorist, as well as the best writer of English fiction of the 20th Century. Certainly that informs his writing.
All in all, this is one of Ballard's best novels of the 80's. I've owned them all, and have read some of them a dozen times. I recommend this book to all who love his prose, his vision, and his view of the world.
You decide, do you believe me or the previous reviewer?
As Dr. Mallory wanders through this 'fever dream' landscape of modern Africa, much like the river than bears his name, you get glimpses of Ballard's brave new world. The one in which we live today: a wasteland, one littered with "beer bottles, cigarette packs and French pornographic magazines" , old air conditioners, water coolers, tires and fuel drums, in short "a terminal moraine of modern technology".
Ballard is a social theorist, as well as the best writer of English fiction of the 20th Century. Certainly that informs his writing.
All in all, this is one of Ballard's best novels of the 80's. I've owned them all, and have read some of them a dozen times. I recommend this book to all who love his prose, his vision, and his view of the world.
You decide, do you believe me or the previous reviewer?
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Of all Ballards mid-period books, I find this one to be his most haunting. Appearing between Empire and Kindness, it steps away from the intimacies of Ballard's own life and explores the deep places within us all. The journey along the river is a perfectly conceived metaphor for the journey into our own interiors. Although Ballard has done this before in his earlier books, he brings a new maturity and a new control to this work. His writing has improved considerably by this stage and the strength of the basic structure allows Ballard to explore inner space as never before. It is not a particularly pleasant place, but he understands how we work and how the modern world is an evocation of those deep, dark layers within us.
1 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I agree with the 'non-sensical' review.
Ballard has imagination but I got really tired of this novel. The characters lack any depth, you do not become engaged. This is a characteristic of Ballards work actually
Ballard has imagination but I got really tired of this novel. The characters lack any depth, you do not become engaged. This is a characteristic of Ballards work actually
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