Ice
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Set in a frozen world that is gradually being devastated by ever-encroaching ice, Anna Kavan’s masterwork follows one man’s pursuit of a mysterious silver-haired girl to the ends of the earth; to the end of everything.
‘Few contemporary novelists could match the intensity of her vision’ J.G. Ballard
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Set in a frozen world that is gradually being devastated by ever-encroaching ice, Anna Kavan’s masterwork follows one man’s pursuit of a mysterious silver-haired girl to the ends of the earth; to the end of everything.
‘Few contemporary novelists could match the intensity of her vision’ J.G. Ballard
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