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The last of Kavan’s books to be published in her lifetime, ‘Ice’ is a dreamy novel set in an imaginary world padded by ice and snow, run by a secret government, invaded by aggressors, and threatened with nuclear destruction.
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Set in a frozen world that is gradually being devastated by ever-encroaching ice, Anna Kavan’s masterwork follows one man’s pursuit of a mysterious silver-haired girl to the ends of the earth; to the end of everything.
‘Few contemporary novelists could match the intensity of her vision’ J.G. Ballard
| Weight | 0.242 kg |
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| Dimensions | 16.7 × 12 × 2.5 cm |
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| Cover | Hardback |
| Pages | 240 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | |Reprint |
| Dewey | 823.912 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
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