In this haunting and surreal novel, the narrator and a man known as?the warden' search for an elusive girl in a frozen, seemingly post-nuclear, apocalyptic landscape. The country has been invaded and is being governed by a secret organisation. There is destruction everywhere; great walls of ice overrun the world. Together with the narrator, the reader is swept into a hallucinatory quest for this strange and fragile creature with albino hair. Acclaimed by Brian Aldiss on its publication in 1967 as the best science fiction book of the year, this extraordinary and innovative novel has subs.
"In this haunting and surreal novel, the narrator and a man known as?the warden' search for an elusive girl in a frozen, seemingly post-nuclear, apocalyptic landscape. The country has been invaded and is being governed by a secret organisation. There is destruction everywhere; great walls of ice overrun the world. Together with the narrator, the reader is swept into a hallucinatory quest for this strange and fragile creature with albino hair. Acclaimed by Brian Aldiss on its publication in 1967 as the best science fiction book of the year, this extraordinary and innovative novel has subs."@en
"Mighty glaciers are slowly expanding to cover the face of the earth."
"Terwijl de wereld door ijsschotsen dreigt te worden bedolven probeert een man wanhopig een meisje te bereiken dat bij hem vreemde gevoelens opwekt."
"Terwijl de wereld door ijsschotsen dreigt te worden bedolven, probeert een man wanhopig een meisje te bereiken dat bij hem vreemde gevoelens opwekt."
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LITERARY CRITICISM European English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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