Miracles of Life
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Miracles of Life by J G Ballard
J. G. Ballard was, for over fifty years, one of this country's most significant writers. Beginning with the events that inspired his classic novel, Empire of the Sun, this revelatory autobiography charts the course of his astonishing life.‘SuperbMr Ballard, you are wonderful’ Sunday Times
‘Exquisitely written … ‘Miracles of Life’, a subtle, restlessly enquiring work of touching humanity, is Ballard’s crowning achievement’ Financial Times
‘Brief, modest and occasionally shattering, in a way that elevates it to a level of greatness’ Observer
‘A jewel. As a writer, he can simply take the breath away’ Independent
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 | 9780007272341 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007272340 |
| Title | Miracles of Life |
| Author | J G Ballard |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2008-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Galaxy British Book Awards: Tesco Biography of the Year 2009 |
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