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The Day of Creation (Flamingo modern classic) (Paperback)

by J.G. Ballard (Author)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Flamingo; New edition edition (Oct 1993)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0006545947
  • ISBN-13: 978-0006545941
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 566,657 in Books (See Bestsellers 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. Beyond that, though, lie deeper reflections on the way of the world as it goes today' Paul Bailey, Guardian


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In parched Port-la-Nouvelle in central Africa, Dr Mallory watches his clinic fail and dreams of discovering a third Nile to make the Sahara bloom. During the search for water, an ancient tree stump is uprooted by one of his bulldozers and water wells up, spreading until it becomes an enormous river. With the once arid land now abounding in birds and beasts, the obsessed Mallory forges up-river in an old car ferry, clashing with hostile factions as he tries to find the source of his own creation.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of his mid-period masterpieces, 27 Aug 2007
By David Tomlinson "chinese_bookie" (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Day of Creation (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) (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?
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1 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars nonsensical, but not in a clever way, 10 Jun 2002
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a "metaphysical" novel apparently. i recently read paul auster's new york trilogy which seems to try to work on a similar level, but where auster succeeds in creating a wonderfully eerie confusion of events which cannot be questioned, ballard fails. it tries to be clever, but you find yourself being able to pick apart why it really doesnt make sense.
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0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Imaginative, but characterless and clumsy, 29 Jan 2009
By pingpong (Edinburgh) - See all my reviews
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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
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