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"At Port-la-Nouvelle, on the parched terrain of central Africa, Dr. Mallory watches as his clinic fails and 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 adolescent 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. The Day of Creation is a metaphysical adventure story dealing with complex themes--the life-giving qualities of water, the cold eye of television, obsession, love--all set in a dream Africa, as if hallucinated by Joseph Conrad." -Angela Carter
J. G. Ballard is the author of more than twenty novels and short-story collections. He lives in Shepperton, England.
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Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Trade paperback edition, published by FS&G, 1999. Mallory is a doctor, running a clinic in a central African country. In a desert country, he sets out on a journey to find the source of a miraculous new water source. 254 pages, 5-1/2" X 8-1/4". No creases to the cover or spine. Pencil squiggle mark on the first flyleaf - a former price written in pencil and then crossed over. No writing on the text pages besides that squiggle. Not a remainder, not a library discard. Minor amount of edge wear to the bottom left near the spine. Binding is tight and square. Attached photo is of the copy we have in our inventory. Nº de ref. del artículo: 23-01119
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