J. G. Ballard

The Kindness of Women (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

THE SEQUEL TO HIS ACCLAIMED SEMI-AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL EMPIRE OF THE SUN.

"This is autobiography taken to the highest reaches of fiction, another wonderful novel of scorching power, shot with honesty and lyricism."
OBSERVER

"A dazzling construction, a sequence of chapters almost every one of which is a 'tour de force' in its own right. He has put together the pieces of a fractured life here with honesty, humility and real brilliance."
GUARDIAN

"Possesses all of the remarkable power and visceral impact of 'Empire of the Sun'"
DAILY TELEGRAPH

"A writer of extraordinarily distinctive vision and power. With 'The Kindness of Women' and its predecessor, Ballard has produced what is effectively the autobiography of a sensibility. For my money, that sensibility is the most unusual and stimulating to have emerged in English literature since Graham Greene."
LITERARY REVIEW

"An impressive 'tour de force' ... brilliant, almost hallucinatorily vivid."
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

"Ballard is the most modern of writers; his art engages with the artefacts and obsessions of the second half of this century in a manner and with an intensity unmatched by any other writer. The book is full of mesmerising writing, classic examples of the Ballard style, paragraphs and pages that disturb and enthral. The blend is very potent and highly intoxicating."
WILLIAM BOYD

"A poignant, vivid novel, rich in symbolism and psychological insight."
INDEPENDENT

"Brilliant ... Ballard at his best."
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780007381166
• Artikelnr.: 38069522

Autorenporträt

J. G. Ballard was born in 1930 in Shanghai. After internment in a civilian prison camp, his family returned to England in 1946. His 1984 bestseller 'Empire of the Sun' won the Guardian Fiction Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. His controversial novel 'Crash' was made into a film by David Cronenberg. His autobiography 'Miracles of Life' was published in 2008, and a collection of interviews with the author, 'Extreme Metaphors', was published in 2012. J. G. Ballard passed away in 2009.