The Crystal World
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The Crystal World by J G Ballard
From J. G. Ballard, author of Crash and Cocaine Nights comes his extraordinary vision of an African forest that turns all in its path to crystal.‘Something magical and not to be missed’ Guardian
‘Beautifully rendered … Ballard the poet in full ecstatic blast’
Anthony Burgess
‘Of all the unknown regions Ballard’s imagination has opened up, this crystalline forest is the most haunting’ Guardian
‘A haunting vision of diseased beauty … Ballard sustains it with extraordinary intensity’ Observer
‘Ballard transports us once more into his own mystical, glittering and poetic universe’ 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.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780586024195 |
| ISBN 10 | 0586024190 |
| Title | The Crystal World |
| Author | J G Ballard |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 1993-10-25 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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