Hello America - Softcover

Ballard, J G

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0871404184 ISBN 13: 9780871404183

Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2013

Synopsis

Following the energy crisis of the late twentieth century, America has been abandoned. Now, a century later, a small group of European explorers returns to the now climatically mutated continent. But America is unrecognizable--the Bering Strait has been dammed and much of the country has become a desert, populated by isolated natives and the bizarre remnants of a disintegrated culture. The expedition sets off from Manhattan on a cross-country journey, through Holiday Inns and abandoned theme parks, to uncover a shocking new power in the heart of Las Vegas.

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Review:

A mythically resonant epic journey...a joy--witty, playful, moving, mythic, poetic.

Enter Mr Ballard's worlds and you become entranced in a séance difficult to break out of, so powerful is his method.

About the Author:

J.G. Ballard was born in Shanghai in 1930 and lived in England from 1946 until his death in London in 2009. He is the author of nineteen novels, including Empire of the Sun, The Drought, and Crash, with many of them made into major films.

About this edition

• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0871404184
• ISBN 13: 9780871404183
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240