In contrast to Ballard's earlier novel The Drowned World, The Burning World describes a world in which water is scarce. After an extensive drought,[3] rivers have turned to trickles and the earth to dust, causing the world's populations to head toward the oceans in search of water. The drought is caused by industrial waste flushed into the ocean, which form an oxygen-permeable barrier of saturated long-chain polymers that prevents evaporation and destroys the precipitation cycle.
The main focus of the book is on the surrealistic landscapes forming a changing setting symbolising the developing psychological conflicts and alienation of the principal character.[2]
References
^Sellars, Simon (8 October 2006). . Ballardian: The World of JG Ballard. Archived from the original on 29 October 2006.
^ abMilicia, Joe (1985), "Dry Thoughts in a Dry Season", Riverside Quarterly, 7 (4), retrieved 10 November 2022
^Heller, Jason (5 December 2014). "Book Review: The Drought by J.G. Ballard". NPR.
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