Ice (Kavan novel)

Ice
Cover for the 1st UK edition
AuthorAnna Kavan
LanguageEnglish
GenresDystopia, Surrealism
PublisherPeter Owen Publishers
Publication date
1967
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pages158

Ice is a novel by British writer Anna Kavan, published in 1967. Ice was Kavan's last work to be published before her death, the first to land her mainstream success, and remains her best-known work. Generally regarded as genre-defying, it has been labelled a work of science fiction, Nouveau roman,[1] and slipstream fiction.[2]

In 2017 Penguin Books published for the Penguin Classics a 50th anniversary edition.[3] The edition contains a foreword by Jonathan Lethem and an afterword by Kate Zambreno.[4]

  1. ^ Callard 1995, p. 141.
  2. ^ Priest 2006, p. 1.
  3. ^ Michaud, Jon (30 November 2017). "A haunting story of sexual assault and climate catastrophe decades ahead its time". The New Yorker.
  4. ^ Kavan, Anna (14 November 2017). Ice. Penguin Classics. New York: Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN 9780143131991. LCCN 2017018717; pbk; x+193 pages; with foreword by Jonathan Lethem & afterword by Kate Zambreno{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)