High-Rise

by J. G. Ballard

Overview

"Harsh and ingenious! High Rise is an intense and vivid bestiary, which lingers unsettlingly in the mind." —Martin Amis, New Statesman
When a class war erupts inside a luxurious apartment block, modern elevators become violent battlegrounds and cocktail parties degenerate into marauding attacks on “enemy” floors. In this visionary tale, human society slips into violent reverse as once-peaceful residents, driven by primal urges, re-create a world ruled by the laws of the jungle.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780871404022
Publisher:	Liveright Publishing Corporation
Publication date:	04/16/2012
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	177,256
Product dimensions:	5.56(w) x 8.02(h) x 0.51(d)

About the Author

J.G. Ballard was born in Shanghai in 1930 and lived in England from 1946 until his death in London in 2009. He is the author of nineteen novels, including Empire of the Sun, The Drought, and Crash, with many of them made into major films.

Editorial Reviews

"Dizzying, disorienting, dystopian."

The Guardian

"Harsh and ingenious! High Rise is an intense and vivid bestiary, which lingers unsettlingly in the mind."

New Statesman - Martin Amis

‘Ballard’s finest novel … a triumph’ The Times‘ingenious … ‘High-Rise’ is an intense and vivid bestiary, which lingers unsettlingly in the mind’ Martin Amis‘Chilling … Ballard is a prophetic writer’ Sunday Times‘The writing is cool, the observation exact, the idea bold and well-developed; everything seems to demand attention and analysis’ Financial Times‘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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