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The Drowned World is both a thrilling adventure and haunting examination of the effects of environmental collapse on the human mind.

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. Everything you need for every book you read. An earlier version of this essay, in Italian, appeared under the title La citt morta: vedute urbane in The Drowned World e Hello America di J.G. Ballard Upgrade to A + Intro Plot Summary Summary & Analysis Themes Quotes Characters Symbols Theme Wheel Teachers and parents Struggling with distance learning Our Teacher Edition on The Drowned World can help.

Robert Kerans and his team of scientists as they confront a surreal cityscape populated by giant iguanas, albino alligators, and endless swarms of malarial insects. Ballard Plot Summary LitCharts The Drowned World by J. Set during the year 2145, the novel follows biologist Dr. Ballard’s mesmerizing and ferociously prescient The Drowned World imagines a terrifying future in which solar radiation and global warming has melted the ice caps, and Triassic-era jungles have overrun a submerged and tropical London. In the novel that catapulted him to international acclaim upon its publication in 1962, J.G. A thrilling adventure with “an oppressive power reminiscent of Conrad” (Kingsley Amis), considered by many to be Ballard’s finest. Ballards novel reveals how humans react to climate disaster when, crucially, it is not their fault.