J. Ballard - The Day of Creation

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‘Classic Ballard. Mesmerising. No one writes with such haunting impact’ William BoydIn parched, war-torn central Africa, Dr Mallory watches his clinic fail and dreams of discovering a third Nile to make the Sahara bloom. During his search for water, an ancient tree stump is uprooted by a bulldozer and water wells up, spreading until it becomes an enormous river. With the once arid land now abounding in birds and beasts, the obsessed Mallory forges up-river in an old car ferry, clashing with hostile factions as he tries to find the source of his own creation.

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J. G. BALLARD

The Day of Creation

Fourth Estate

An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 77–85 Fulham Palace Road London W6 8JB 4thestate.co.uk

This edition published by Fourth Estate in 2014

First published in Great Britain by Victor Gollancz 1987

Copyright © J. G. Ballard 1987

The right of J. G. Ballard to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988.

Introduction copyright © Joshua Cohen 2014

Interview copyright © Travis Elborough 2006

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins eBooks.

This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

HarperCollinsPublishers has made every reasonable effort to ensure that any picture content and written content in this e-book has been included or removed in accordance with the contractual and technological constraints in operation at the time of publication.

Cover by Stanley Donwood.

Overlaid image partly derived from combustion of ammonium dichromate, carried out by Dr Roy Lowry at Plymouth University; photographed by Anna Walker.

Ebook Edition © JUNE 2010 ISBN: 9780007290116

Version: 2014-09-25

Praise Contents Title Page Copyright Praise Introduction by Joshua Cohen 1 The Desert Woman 2 The Gunmen 3 The Third Nile 4 The Shooting Party 5 Fame 6 The Oak and the Spring 7 The Impresario of Rubbish 8 The Creation Garden 9 The River Mallory 10 The Cascade 11 The House of Women 12 Noon 13 Piracy 14 Out of the Night and into the Dream 15 The Naming of New Things 16 The Helicopter Attack 17 Escape 18 The Green World 19 The Lanterns at Dusk 20 The Documentary Film 21 The Skirmish 22 Into the Lagoons 23 Journey Towards the Rain Planet 24 A Dream of Fair Women 25 The Wildfowlers 26 The Gardens of the Sahara 27 The Stolen Channel 28 Doctor Mal 29 The Blue Beaches 30 The Arcade Peep-Show 31 The Death of the Diana 32 The Poisoned Valley 33 The River Search 34 The Source 35 Memory and Desire Interview with J. G. Ballard About the Author By the Same Author About the Publisher

From the reviews of The Day of Creation:

‘It could only have been imagined by a master of visionary realism…a country of the mind as vivid and viable as anything this extraordinary writer has ever produced’

Spectator

‘Ballard continues to prove that his imagination is unmatched by any contemporary British writer. His vision is relentless. Ballard’s acrid landscapes of a surreal and glittering Africa disturb as well as entrance. The obsessive desires of the hero, Dr Mallory, are equalled only by the compulsion Ballard’s creative genius has to write’

Glasgow Herald

‘Part spellbinding story, part fable for our time, Ballard’s novel is a vividly cinematic but nightmarish vision of a corrupted world. In a narrative filled with ironies, Ballard’s prose is honed and supple, often flowering into vivid lyricism. A mesmerizing tale by a master of the craft, one that resonates with dark implications for the future of humanity on this planet’

Publishers Weekly

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Title Page J. G. BALLARD The Day of Creation

Copyright Fourth Estate An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 77–85 Fulham Palace Road London W6 8JB 4thestate.co.uk This edition published by Fourth Estate in 2014 First published in Great Britain by Victor Gollancz 1987 Copyright © J. G. Ballard 1987 The right of J. G. Ballard to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. Introduction copyright © Joshua Cohen 2014 Interview copyright © Travis Elborough 2006 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins eBooks. This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. HarperCollinsPublishers has made every reasonable effort to ensure that any picture content and written content in this e-book has been included or removed in accordance with the contractual and technological constraints in operation at the time of publication. Cover by Stanley Donwood. Overlaid image partly derived from combustion of ammonium dichromate, carried out by Dr Roy Lowry at Plymouth University; photographed by Anna Walker. Ebook Edition © JUNE 2010 ISBN: 9780007290116 Version: 2014-09-25

Praise

Introduction by Joshua Cohen

1 The Desert Woman

2 The Gunmen

3 The Third Nile

4 The Shooting Party

5 Fame

6 The Oak and the Spring

7 The Impresario of Rubbish

8 The Creation Garden

9 The River Mallory

10 The Cascade

11 The House of Women

12 Noon

13 Piracy

14 Out of the Night and into the Dream

15 The Naming of New Things

16 The Helicopter Attack

17 Escape

18 The Green World

19 The Lanterns at Dusk

20 The Documentary Film

21 The Skirmish

22 Into the Lagoons

23 Journey Towards the Rain Planet

24 A Dream of Fair Women

25 The Wildfowlers

26 The Gardens of the Sahara

27 The Stolen Channel

28 Doctor Mal

29 The Blue Beaches

30 The Arcade Peep-Show

31 The Death of the Diana

32 The Poisoned Valley

33 The River Search

34 The Source

35 Memory and Desire

Interview with J. G. Ballard

About the Author

By the Same Author

About the Publisher

Introduction

by Joshua Cohen

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‘Dreams of rivers, like scenes from a forgotten film, drift through the night, in passage between memory and desire.’

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