A beautiful special gift edition of a Anna Kavan's feminist sci-fi classic novel features a die-cut dust jacket over contemporary art In a land devastated by war a nameless narrator pursues an elusive white-haired woman in the clutches of a government official known only as ' The Warden' Neither will giver her up but a freak ecological apocalypse is indifferent to their rival claims As a terrifying wall of ice continues its incursion freezing everything in its path it seems that only the white-haired woman is truly resigned to the fate of the world Anna Kavan's Ice is today hailed as classic of science-fiction & a definitive work of the 'slipstream' genre As part of the Peter Owen Cased Classics series this special hardback edition is bound with printed endpapers head & tail bands & a ribbon marker The elegant dust jacket features a die cutting of a triangle while printed on the cover board is the striking artwork of British contemporary artist Naomi Frears ' Ice is her best novel a sustained & extended metaphor for the descent into & traverse of the ice-laden world of the addict a marvel of descriptive chilling writing rich in action & introspection'
- Christopher Priest