The Atrocity Exhibition
(Sprache: Englisch)
A prophetic and experimental masterpiece by J. G. Ballard, the acclaimed author of 'Crash' and 'Super-Cannes'. This edition includes explanatory notes from the author.
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A prophetic and experimental masterpiece by J. G. Ballard, the acclaimed author of 'Crash' and 'Super-Cannes'. This edition includes explanatory notes from the author.
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A prophetic and experimental masterpiece by J. G. Ballard, the acclaimed author of 'Crash' and 'Super-Cannes'. This edition includes explanatory notes from the author. The irrational, all-pervading violence of the modern world is the subject of this extraordinary tour de force.
The central character's dreams are haunted by images of John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe, dead astronauts and car-crash victims as he traverses the screaming wastes of nervous breakdown. Seeking his sanity, he casts himself in a number of roles: H-bomber pilot, presidential assassin, crash victim, psychopath. Finally, through the black, perverse magic of violence he transcends his psychic turmoil to find the key to a bizarre new sexuality.
In this revised edition, Ballard has added extensive annotation that help to unlock many of the mysteries of one of the most prophetic, enigmatic and original works of the late twentieth century.
This edition is part of a new commemorative series of Ballard's works, featuring introductions from a number of his admirers (including Neil Gaiman, Iain Sinclair, James Lever and Ali Smith) and brand-new cover designs.
Autoren-Porträt von J. G. Ballard
J. G. Ballard (1930 - 2009) zählte in seiner britischen Heimat zu den angesehensten Schriftstellern und Kulturschaffenden. Vom Science-Fiction-Autor entwickelte er sich zum experimentellen Avantgardisten und zuletzt zu einem ebenso intelligenten wie scharfsinnigen Beobachter seiner Zeit, der sich nicht scheute, kontroverse Meinungen zu äußern. Ballard wurde mit einer Vielzahl von Preisen und Ehrungen ausgezeichnet den "Order of the British Empire", Großbritanniens höchste Auszeichnung, lehnte er dagegen ab.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: J. G. Ballard
- 2012, Annotated edition, 192 Seiten, Maße: 12,9 x 19,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: HarperCollins UK
- ISBN-10: 0007116861
- ISBN-13: 9780007116867
- Erscheinungsdatum: 09.03.2012
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
'The zenith of the experimental novel in English' Will Self 'Brilliant and unnerving ... Ballard is a writer with talent to burn' The Times
'These stories - "condensed novels", Ballard has called them - are a high-water mark in English experimental fiction' New York Times
'A powerful book ... Phrase and image are constantly disturbing and stimulating' Sunday Telegraph
'The terrifying thing about Ballard is his logic; is this science fiction or history written ahead of its time?' Len Deighton
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