The main character of the novel is the World Health Organization doctor John Mallory[1] who, six months after his arrival in Central Africa, finds that intense guerrilla activity has left him without patients. He devotes himself, instead, to the task of bringing water to the region, with dreams of setting the Sahara in flower. When he accidentally manages to achieve his task by creating a river,[2] he becomes prey of an increasingly delirious spiral of fantasies, starting to identify himself with the new river that he has dubbed "Mallory". Obsessed, he decides to go up the river in order to "kill" its source,[3] together with a teenaged African girl, whom he considers a sort of spirit of the waters, and other characters including a half-blind British documentary filmmaker and two ruthless local chieftains trying to take advantage of the new prosperity brought by the water.
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^"JG Ballard Interviewed by Michelle Field about Day of Creation". www.jgballard.ca.
creation, 1987, novel, british, writer, ballard, cover, first, edition, hardcover, authorj, ballardcountryunited, kingdomlanguageenglishgenrethrillerpublishervictor, gollancz, ltdpublication, date1987media, typeprint, hardcover, paperback, pages254, ppisbn0, 0. The Day of Creation is a 1987 novel by British writer J G Ballard The Day of CreationCover of first edition hardcover AuthorJ G BallardCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishGenreThrillerPublisherVictor Gollancz LtdPublication date1987Media typePrint Hardcover amp Paperback Pages254 ppISBN0 575 04152 8OCLC17918501Dewey Decimal823 914 19LC ClassPR6052 A46 D38 1987Plot summary editThe main character of the novel is the World Health Organization doctor John Mallory 1 who six months after his arrival in Central Africa finds that intense guerrilla activity has left him without patients He devotes himself instead to the task of bringing water to the region with dreams of setting the Sahara in flower When he accidentally manages to achieve his task by creating a river 2 he becomes prey of an increasingly delirious spiral of fantasies starting to identify himself with the new river that he has dubbed Mallory Obsessed he decides to go up the river in order to kill its source 3 together with a teenaged African girl whom he considers a sort of spirit of the waters and other characters including a half blind British documentary filmmaker and two ruthless local chieftains trying to take advantage of the new prosperity brought by the water References edit JG Ballard Interviewed by Michelle Field about Day of Creation www jgballard ca Authors Ballard J G SFE Science Fiction Encyclopedia www sf encyclopedia com THE DAY OF CREATION Kirkus Reviews External links editThe Terminal Collection JG Ballard First Editions 1985 1990 jgballard ca Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Day of Creation amp oldid 1097765844, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
