Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
J.G. Ballard was born in 1930 in Shanghai, where his father was a businessman. After internment in a civilian prison camp, he and his family returned to England in 1946. He published his first novel, The Drowned World, in 1961. His 1984 bestseller Empire of the Sun won the Guardian Fiction Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It was later filmed by Steven Spielberg. His memoir Miracles of Life was published in 2008. J.G. Ballard died in 2009.
<p>‘The terrifying thing about Ballard is his logic; is this science fiction or history written ahead of its time?’ Len Deighton</p>
<p>‘More intelligent and more strange than almost any other novel’ Brian Aldiss</p>
<p>‘At a time when we live with constant warnings of a world destroyed by global warming, it is easy to forget that writers such as Ballard were exploring the fear of global blight nearly forty years ago’ The Times</p>
<p>‘It is weird; it is grotesque; it is magnificently Gothic’ Sunday Times</p>
<p>‘A strange and wonderful book’ Guardian</p>
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.
Water. Man’s most precious commodity is a luxury of the past. Radioactive waste from years of industrial dumping has caused the sea to form a protective skin strong enough to devastate the Earth it once sustained. And while the remorseless sun beats down on the dying land, civilization itself begins to crack. Violence erupts and insanity reigns as the remnants of mankind struggle for survival in a worldwide desert of despair.
Remarkable for its prescience and the originality of its vision, The Drought is a work of major importance from the early career of one of Britain’s most acclaimed novelists.
This edition is part of a new commemorative series of Ballard’s works, featuring introductions from a number of his admirers (including Ned Beauman, Ali Smith, Neil Gaiman and Martin Amis) and brand-new cover designs.
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.
• A masterpiece from the early career of the renowned author of CRASH and EMPIRE OF THE SUN, this novel will be given a stunning new cover treatment and reissued as part of an ongoing update of the JG Ballard series style.
• J.G. Ballard was at the forefront of modern British fiction for over four decades, achieving remarkable critical acclaim and commercial success.
• Typical of the early phase of his career, THE DROUGHT is one of his most powerful and memorable depictions of a world gone wrong, its exploration of a cataclysmic future shared by THE DROWNED WORLD (1962) and THE CRYSTAL WORLD (1965).
• ‘Empire of the Sun’, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, was made into a film by Steven Spielberg. ‘Crash’ was also later made into an equally controversial film by David Cronenberg. An all-star film adaptation of ‘High-Rise’ directed by Ben Wheatley and starring Tom Hiddleston is in production now.
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Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
J.G. Ballard was born in 1930 in Shanghai, where his father was a businessman. After internment in a civilian prison camp, he and his family returned to England in 1946. He published his first novel, The Drowned World, in 1961. His 1984 bestseller Empire of the Sun won the Guardian Fiction Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It was later filmed by Steven Spielberg. His memoir Miracles of Life was published in 2008. J.G. Ballard died in 2009.