Ice

Ice

by Anna Kavan

158 pages· 2016· ISBN 9780720612684
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In this haunting and surreal novel, the narrator and a man known as the warden search for an elusive girl in a frozen, seemingly post-nuclear, apocalyptic landscape. The country has been invaded and is being governed by a secret organization. There is destruction everywhere; great walls of ice overrun the world. Together with the narrator, the reader is swept into a hallucinatory quest for this strange and fragile creature with albino hair. Acclaimed upon its 1967 publication as the best science fiction book of the year, this extraordinary and innovative novel has subsequently been recognized as a major work of literature in its own right.

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    "Ice" blurs the line between reality, dream, and hallucination. How did this narrative style impact your reading experience, and what do you think it suggests about the nature of truth or perception in the novel?

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    The frozen, apocalyptic landscape is almost a character in itself. How does this environment reflect or amplify the internal states of the characters and the overall mood of the story?

  3. 3

    The narrator's quest for the "elusive girl" drives much of the narrative. What does this fragile, albino-haired figure represent to you within the context of this dying world? Is she hope, obsession, beauty, or something else entirely?

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