Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world\'s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Set in a frozen world that is gradually being devastated by ever-encroaching ice, Anna Kavan\'s masterwork follows one man\'s pursuit of a mysterious silver-haired girl to the ends of the earth; to the end of everything. \'Few contemporary novelists could match the intensity of her vision\' J.G. Ballard