«  anna kavan's books have established her reputation as one of the most talented and original contemporary writers - comparable in stature to virginia woolf, anais nin and djuna barnes. a man's search for an elusive girl takes place against a backdrop of nuclear war resulting in total destruction by walls of ice that overrun the world. imaginative descriptions of a terrifying dreamlike hunt combine with writing of distinction to form an unusual book. ( from the book jacket, first british edition published in 1967). »