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Cover of The Drought

The Drought

J. G. Ballard (1964)

SubgenreMagical Realism

Age groupAdult 18+

Content ratingPG-13

Pages (Standard (250-400))

Setting

CSM age16

Goodreads3.55

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Content levels

ViolenceModerate

Sexual contentMild

LanguageModerate

Trigger warnings

Environmental Catastrophe Societal Collapse Survival Conditions Psychological Distress

Positive tags

Survival Self-Discovery

Protagonist archetypes

Tropes

Apocalyptic Environmental Collapse Post-Catastrophe Society

Themes

Environmental Catastrophe Human Nature Under Stress Survival Civilization and Collapse Isolation Adaptation Social Breakdown

Synopsis

A key backlist title from the author of Cocaine Nights, Empire of the Sun and Crash, now in PerfectBound e-book.

Tags

Dystopian FictionLiterary FictionClimate FictionSpeculative Fiction