Rushing to Paradise by J G Ballard

Rushing to Paradise by J G Ballard

J. G. Ballard author of Crash explores the extremes of ecology and feminism in this highly acclaimed modern fable. Newly reissued with an introduction by Rivka Galchen.

‘Ballard is a magician of the contemporary scene and a literary saboteur“Rushing to Paradise” is a Wellsian drama of extremity and isolation … No one else writes with such enchanted clarity or strange power’ Guardian

‘Pure Ballard. I read it with rapt fascination … Wonderful’ William Boyd

‘”Robinson Crusoe” in reverse. Teasing and sardonic … Ballard at his best’ Independent on Sunday

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	9780006548140
ISBN 10	0006548148
Title	Rushing to Paradise
Author	J G Ballard
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	1995-09-25
Number of pages	240
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