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J.G. Ballard
1962
Novel
Dystopian
The Drowned World is narrated by a third-person omniscient narrator.
The Drowned World is narrated in the past tense.
The title The Drowned World refers to a dystopian future in which warming temperatures have contributed to rising sea levels that have flooded many cities and towns, changing the world's topography. Most buildings have been submerged, and heat has contributed to a spreading jungle that hosts giant reptiles.
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