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

ISBN: 0965046974

ISBN13: 9780965046978

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

(Part of the RE/Search Series)

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...

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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.

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