J. G. Ballard's Crash

by Paul March-Russell

J.G. Ballard's Crash (1973) remains a byword for transgression in literature: declared 'too disgusting for words' upon publication. The basis for David Cronenberg's equally provocative film, Crash has been regarded variously as the apotheosis of New Wave science fiction, the ur-source for postmodernism, a transhumanist manifesto, and a pornographic masterpiece in the tradition of Sade and Bataille. This revisionist account, based on previously...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031730933
• ISBN13: 9783031730931
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 89 Pages