Research No. 8/9: J.G. Ballard

by J.G. Ballard

Book Overview

This is the most comprehensive introduction to this visionary writer, the William Burroughs of England. J.G. Ballard finally achieved world recognition when Steven Spielberg filmed his autobiography (childhood til age 15) in Empire of the Sun. But Ballard has been a visionary iconoclast since the 50s, beginning with his trilogy of disaster novels, The Burning World, The Drowned World, and The Crystal World, and most notoriously, his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0965046974
• ISBN13: 9780965046978
• Release Date: June 1984
• Publisher: Re/Search Publications
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

J.G.Ballard's magic

Re/Search has produced a brilliant overview of ballard's early works,up to 1984, with in-depth interviews,snatches of books,exhibitions articles,pictures,collages,etc.It's ideal if you want to get the theoretical angle on the wise man from Leicester/Singapore,without having to suffer the usual abstract,condescending ,academic jargon. Fhe format is perfect- like a catalogue ,but slimmer.

Informative

This is a creative and interesting explication of an outstanding author's life and work.