The Drowned World

Pages: 176
Published: 1962
Language: English

The world has been irrevocably changed by rising temperatures, turning London into a flooded, tropical landscape. As some flee the sweltering heat and primeval dangers, others remain, drawn by the allure of lost treasures beneath the waves. Dr. Robert Kerans finds himself adapting to this new reality, questioning the very idea of saving a world that has already drowned.

Prose complexity: 7/10

Melancholic Dark Reflective Thought-Provoking

Survival

Dystopian Literary Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Fantasy

J. G. Ballard

James Graham Ballard was born and raised in the International Settlement in Shanghai, China to a chemist. In 1943 the Japanese occupied the International Settlement and Ballard's family was sent to the Lunghua Civilian Assembly Center, where they were interned for two years until the end of World War II. In 1946, Ballard went to England with his mother and sister, and stayed on in England after his mother and sister returned to China to rejoin his father. In 1949 he went to King's College, Cambr...