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Ice by Anna Kavan is a dystopian and surreal tale set in a frozen world on the brink of collapse. The novel follows an unnamed narrator on a quest through a chilling landscape, pursuing a mysterious young woman who becomes a symbol of beauty and despair. With dream-like prose and an atmosphere of invading ice, the story explores themes of obsession, control, and the thin line between reality and fantasy.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate evocative, surreal narratives that blur the line between reality and fantasy. It offers a haunting exploration of obsession, set against a backdrop of a mysterious, ice-covered apocalypse. Perfect for those captivated by psychological depth and dreamlike storytelling.

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A dreamlike, frozen dystopia from one of the twentieth century's most unique writers.

No one knows why the ice has come, and no one can stop it. Every day it creeps further across the earth, covering the land in snow and freezing everything in its path. Through this bleached, devastated world, one man pursues the silver-haired girl he loves, as she keeps runningβ€”away from her husband; away from the sinister 'warden' who seeks to control her; away from him...

Mysterious, unnerving, and beautifully lyrical, Anna Kavan's Ice is a work of science fiction without parallel.

Series: Penguin Science Fiction

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Anna Kavan's Ice is praised for its poetic brilliance, hallucinatory reality, and creation of a unique and intense fictional world. It is regarded as a powerful and visionary work, described as terrifying yet captivating, with a mysterious and enigmatic quality that deeply engages readers. The novel is lauded for its unsettling nature, making it a compelling winter read.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241441565

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 June 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 11.0mm

Width: 112.0mm

Height: 181.0mm

Weight: 108g

Pages: 176

About the Author

Anna Kavan was born in 1901, the only child of a wealthy British family. She began publishing under her married name, Helen Ferguson. During this time, she was introduced to heroin by her tennis coach in order to improve her game. She suffered a breakdown after the end of her second marriage, and was committed to an institution to treat both her depression and her addiction. She published her two best-known novels after this experience, Asylum Piece and Ice, under 'Anna Kavan', the name of a character in an earlier novel. She died of heart failure at her home in London in 1968.

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