The Resource Ice, Anna Kavan ; foreword by Jonathan Lethem ; afterword by Kate Zambreno
Ice, Anna Kavan ; foreword by Jonathan Lethem ; afterword by Kate Zambreno
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The item Ice, Anna Kavan ; foreword by Jonathan Lethem ; afterword by Kate Zambreno represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Forsyth County Public Library.
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- Summary
- "In a frozen, apocalyptic landscape, destruction abounds: great walls of ice overrun the world and secretive governments vie for control. Against this surreal, yet eerily familiar broken world, an unnamed narrator embarks on a hallucinatory quest for a strange and elusive "glass-girl" with silver hair. He crosses icy seas and frozen plains, searching ruined towns and ransacked rooms, all to free her from the grips of a tyrant known only as the warden and save her before the ice closes all around. A novel unlike any other, Ice is at once a dystopian adventure shattering the conventions of science fiction, a prescient warning of climate change and totalitarianism, a feminist exploration of violence and trauma, a Kafkaesque literary dreamscape, and a brilliant allegory for its author's struggles with addiction--all crystallized in prose as glittering as the piling snow. Acclaimed upon its publication as one of the best science fiction books of the year, Kavan's 1967 novel has built a reputation as an extraordinary and innovative work of literature, garnering acclaim from China Mieville, Patti Smith, J.G. Ballard, AnaiÌs Nin, and Doris Lessing, among others. With echoes of dystopian classics like Ursula Le Guin's The Lathe of Heaven, Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle, and J.G. Ballard's High Rise, Ice is a necessary and unforgettable addition to the canon of science fiction classics."--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 50th anniversary edition.
- Extent
- x, 193 pages
- Isbn
- 9780143131991
- Label
- Ice
- Title
- Ice
- Statement of responsibility
- Anna Kavan ; foreword by Jonathan Lethem ; afterword by Kate Zambreno
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In a frozen, apocalyptic landscape, destruction abounds: great walls of ice overrun the world and secretive governments vie for control. Against this surreal, yet eerily familiar broken world, an unnamed narrator embarks on a hallucinatory quest for a strange and elusive "glass-girl" with silver hair. He crosses icy seas and frozen plains, searching ruined towns and ransacked rooms, all to free her from the grips of a tyrant known only as the warden and save her before the ice closes all around. A novel unlike any other, Ice is at once a dystopian adventure shattering the conventions of science fiction, a prescient warning of climate change and totalitarianism, a feminist exploration of violence and trauma, a Kafkaesque literary dreamscape, and a brilliant allegory for its author's struggles with addiction--all crystallized in prose as glittering as the piling snow. Acclaimed upon its publication as one of the best science fiction books of the year, Kavan's 1967 novel has built a reputation as an extraordinary and innovative work of literature, garnering acclaim from China Mieville, Patti Smith, J.G. Ballard, AnaiÌs Nin, and Doris Lessing, among others. With echoes of dystopian classics like Ursula Le Guin's The Lathe of Heaven, Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle, and J.G. Ballard's High Rise, Ice is a necessary and unforgettable addition to the canon of science fiction classics."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 260674
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1901-1968
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kavan, Anna
- Dewey number
- 823/.912
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6009.D63
- LC item number
- I24 2017
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Penguin classics
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Nuclear warfare
- End of the world
- Recluses
- Glacial epoch
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Ice, Anna Kavan ; foreword by Jonathan Lethem ; afterword by Kate Zambreno
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Edition
- 50th anniversary edition.
- Extent
- x, 193 pages
- Isbn
- 9780143131991
- Lccn
- 2017018717
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)974672339
- (OCoLC)ocn974672339
- 614756
- Label
- Ice, Anna Kavan ; foreword by Jonathan Lethem ; afterword by Kate Zambreno
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Edition
- 50th anniversary edition.
- Extent
- x, 193 pages
- Isbn
- 9780143131991
- Lccn
- 2017018717
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)974672339
- (OCoLC)ocn974672339
- 614756
Subject
- trueGlaciers
- trueLove triangles
- trueLovers
- trueNuclear warfare
- Nuclear warfare -- Fiction
- trueQuests
- Recluses -- Fiction
- trueScience fiction
- trueVictimization
- trueVictims of crimes
- trueViolence against women
- trueWomen prisoners
- trueWomen recluses
- End of the world -- Fiction
- Glacial epoch -- Fiction
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