The Atrocity Exhibition
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The Atrocity Exhibition by J G Ballard
A prophetic and experimental masterpiece by J. G. Ballard, the acclaimed author of Crash and Super-Cannes, featuring an introduction by Hari Kunzru.‘Brilliant and unnerving … Ballard is a writer with talent to burn’ The Times
‘These stories – “condensed novels”, Ballard has called them – are a high-water mark in English experimental fiction’ New York Times
‘A powerful book … Phrase and image are constantly disturbing and stimulating’ Sunday Telegraph
‘The terrifying thing about Ballard is his logic; is this science fiction or history written ahead of its time?’ Len Deighton
J. G. Ballard was born in 1930 in Shanghai. After internment in a civilian prison camp, his family returned to England in 1946. His 1984 bestseller ‘Empire of the Sun’ won the Guardian Fiction Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. His controversial novel ‘Crash’ was made into a film by David Cronenberg. His autobiography ‘Miracles of Life’ was published in 2008, and a collection of interviews with the author, ‘Extreme Metaphors’, was published in 2012. J. G. Ballard passed away in 2009.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780007116867 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007116861 |
| Title | The Atrocity Exhibition |
| Author | J G Ballard |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2001-05-21 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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