The Crystal World (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of The Crystal World Friday, August 7 2009.

• 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.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Crystal World Sunday, July 26 2009.

• Added a contributor: J. G. Ballard: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The Crystal World Thursday, July 16 2009.

• Above all, the darkness of the river was what impressed Dr. Sanders as he looked out for the first time across the open mouth of the Matarre estuary.