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In this haunting and surreal novel, the narrator and a man known as the warden search for an elusive girl in a frozen, seemingly postnuclear, apocalyptic landscape. Generally regarded as genredefying, it has been labelled as a work of science fiction, nouveau roman, and slipstream fiction. Thought to have been written between the mid 50s and early 60s, it presages, through its undertones and imagery, some of kavans last and most enduring fiction such as ice. In this haunting and surreal novel, the narrator and a man known as the warden search for an elusive girl in a frozen, seemingly postnuclear, apocalyptic. Ice, penguin modern classics ebook by anna kavan booktopia. Available on kindle ebook and can be read on any device with the free kindle app. This collection of anna kavans short fiction and journalism marks fifty years since her death in 1968.
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