{"product_id":"9780871403629","title":"The Drowned World","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1962, J.G. Ballard’s mesmerizing and ferociously prescient novel imagines a terrifying future in which solar radiation and global warming have melted the ice caps and Triassic-era jungles have overrun a submerged and tropical London. Set during the year 2145, the novel follows biologist Dr. Robert Kearns and his team of scientists as they confront a surreal cityscape populated by giant iguanas, albino alligators, and endless swarms of malarial insects. Nature has swallowed all but a few remnants of human civilization, and, slowly, Kearns and his companions are transformed—both physically and psychologically—by this prehistoric environment. Echoing Joseph Conrad’s \u003cb\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/b\u003e—complete with a mad white hunter and his hordes of native soldiers—this “powerful and beautifully clear” (Brian Aldiss) work becomes a thrilling adventure and a haunting examination of the effects of environmental collapse on the human mind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018781212912,"sku":"9780871403629","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780871403629_p0.jpg?v=1763837305","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780871403629","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}