J G Ballard
Biographic Data
| ID | 5658051 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J G Ballard |
| GIVEN NAMES | J G |
| FAMILY NAME | Ballard |
| SIGNATURE | BALLARD J G |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1966 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Miracles of Life: Shanghai to Shepperton, An Autobiography
'Miracles of Life' opens and closes in Shanghai, the city where J.G.Ballard was born, and where he spent the most of the Second World War interned with his family in a Japanese concentration camp. In the intervening chapters Ballard creates a memoir that is both an enthralling narrative and a detailed examination of the events which would profoundly influence his work. Beginning with his early childhood spent exploring the vibrant surroundings of…
In Response To Jean Baudrillard
The Crystal World
From J. G. Ballard, author of `Crash' and `Cocaine Nights' comes his extraordinary vision of an African forest that turns all in its path to crystal. Through a `leaking' of time, the West African jungle starts to crystallize. Trees metamorphose into enormous jewels. Crocodiles encased in second glittering skins lurch down the river. Pythons with huge blind gemstone eyes rear in heraldic poses. Most flee the area in terror, afraid to face a catast…
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The Crystal World
From J. G. Ballard, author of `Crash' and `Cocaine Nights' comes his extraordinary vision of an African forest that turns all in its path to crystal. Through a `leaking' of time, the West African jungle starts to crystallize. Trees metamorphose into enormous jewels. Crocodiles encased in second glittering skins lurch down the river. Pythons with huge blind gemstone eyes rear in heraldic poses. Most flee the area in terror, afraid to face a catast…
In Response To Jean Baudrillard
Miracles of Life: Shanghai to Shepperton, An Autobiography
'Miracles of Life' opens and closes in Shanghai, the city where J.G.Ballard was born, and where he spent the most of the Second World War interned with his family in a Japanese concentration camp. In the intervening chapters Ballard creates a memoir that is both an enthralling narrative and a detailed examination of the events which would profoundly influence his work. Beginning with his early childhood spent exploring the vibrant surroundings of…
Art (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · History (2 works) · 1939-1945 (1 works) · Africa (1 works) · African history and culture studies (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Art, Politics, and Modernism (1 works) · Australian History and Society (1 works)