Kirjailija
J. G. Ballard
Kirjat ja teokset yhdessä paikassa: 74 kirjaa, julkaisuja vuosilta 1985–2026, suosituimpiin kuuluu The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard. Vertaile teosten hintoja ja tarkista saatavuus suomalaisista kirjakaupoista.
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74 kirjaa
Kirjojen julkaisuvuodet: 1985–2026.
A FUTURISTIC COVER - COMES WITH 3D GLASSES! Welcome to Vermilion Sands, the fully automated desert-resort ready to fulfil your most exotic whims. Home to the idle rich it now languishes in uneasy decay, populated only by forgotten movie queens, solitary impresarios and the remittance men of the artistic and literary world.
A high-tech business park on the Mediterranean is the setting for a most disturbing crime in this reissue featuring a new introduction by Ali Smith.
The irrational, all-pervading violence of the modern world is the subject of this novel. The central character's dreams are haunted by images of John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe, dead astronauts and motorcar crash victims.
‘Snort up “Cocaine Nights”. It’s disorientating, deranging and knocks the work of other avant-garde writers into a hatted cock’ Will Self Five people die in an unexplained house fire in the Spanish resort of Estrella de Mar, an exclusive enclave for the rich, retired British, centred on the thriving Club Nautico. The club manager, Frank Prentice, pleads guilty to charges of murder – yet not even the police believe him. When his Charles arrives to unravel the truth, he gradually discovers that behind the resort’s civilized façade flourishes a secret world of crime, drugs and illicit sex. At once an engrossing mystery and a novel of ideas, ‘Cocaine Nights’ is a stunningly original work, a vision of a society coming to terms with a life of almost unlimited leisure. This edition is part of a new commemorative series of Ballard’s works, featuring introductions from a number of his admirers (including Neil Gaiman, Zadie Smith, John Lanchester and Martin Amis) and brand-new cover designs.
User's Guide to the Millennium
J. G. Ballard
Harpercollins Publishers
1997
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Halvin toimitettuna 23,90 €
J. G. Ballard is the author of the novels "Crash", "Empire of the Sun" and "Rushing to Paradise". Throughout his career he has also been a regular contributor to magazines and newspapers. This book collects together pieces of his journalism, grouped under themes including science and film.
J. G. Ballard - author of 'Crash' - explores the extremes of ecology and feminism in this highly acclaimed modern fable. Newly reissued with an introduction by Rivka Galchen.
â?? This is autobiography taken to the highest reaches of fiction, another wonderful novel of scorching power, shot through with honesty and lyricismâ?? Observer
From J. G. Ballard, author of â?? Crashâ?? and â?? Cocaine Nightsâ?? comes his extraordinary vision of an African forest that turns all in its path to crystal.
With a new introduction by M. John Harrison and a striking new cover design from the artist Stanley Donwood, this acclaimed cult novel sees human existence threatened by devastating climate change.
From the author of â?? Crashâ?? and â?? Cocaine Nightsâ?? comes an unnerving tale of life in a modern tower block running out of control.
Unlimited Dream Company
J. G. Ballard
Harpercollins Publishers
1992
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Halvin toimitettuna 18,90 €
With a new introduction by John Gray and striking new cover from the artist Stanley Donwood, the author of ââ?¬Ë? Cocaine Nightsââ?¬â?¢ brings you the story of suburban London transformed into an exotic dreamworld.
J. G. Ballard's fourth novel, which established his reputation as a writer of extraordinary talent and imaginative powers, tells the story of a physician specializing in the treatment of leprosy who is invited to a small outpost in the interior of Africa. Finding the roadways blocked, he takes to the river, and embarks on a frightening journey through a strange petrified forest whose area expands daily, affecting not only the physical environment but also its inhabitants.
Jim on Shanghain kansainvälisellä alueella toimivan englantilaisen liikemiehen 11-vuotias poika. Hänkin aistii sykkivän kaupungin uhkaavan ilmapiirin, ja aamulla 8. joulukuuta 1941 pelot käyvät toteen. Sota alkaa. Jangtsella japanilaiset tykkiveneet avaavat tulen, ja merijalkaväki ja panssarit vyöryvät pitkin Bundia. Sekasorrossa Jim joutuu eroon vanhemmistaan, ja monien vaiheiden jälkeen hän joutuu japanilaisten käsiin ja Lunghuan leiriin. Siitä tulee hänen kotinsa sodan loppuvuosiksi. Leirin olosuhteet, äärimmäinen nälkä, sairaudet, väkivalta ja kuolema on kuvattu suoriutumaan oppivan pojan silmin, asiallisen tarkasti, jopa ’normaalina’, mutta väliin tämä rekisteröivä kerronta puhkeaa lämpöön ja jopa lyyriseen kauneuteen. Auringon valtakunta on modernin kirjallisuuden omintakeisimpia, vaikuttavimpia, moraalisimpia teoksia sodasta. Se on tutkimus lapsuudesta, silminnäkijän lausunto, hämmästyttävä seikkailu.