Rushing to Paradise
(Sprache: Englisch)
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.
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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.
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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.
Dr Barbara Rafferty is a fearless conservationist, determined to save a rare albatross from extinction. Her crusade gains widespread coverage when earnest young environmentalist Neil Dempsey is shot and wounded.
Support for the conservationists grows and well-wishers flock to the island, bringing with them specimens of other endangered creatures to be protected by Dr Barbara and her crew. The island seems a new Eden.
But is Dr Barbara as altruistic as she appears? Why are the islanders committing acts of self-sabotage? And what's keeping Neil alive while the other men sicken?
A classic exploration of the extremes of human behaviour from J.G Ballard, this is a brilliantly unsettling novel in which all preconceptions are overthrown.
This edition is part of a new commemorative series of Ballard's works, featuring introductions from a number of his admirers (including Robert Macfarlane, Martin Amis, James Lever and Ali Smith) and brand-new cover designs from the artist Stanley Donwood.
Autoren-Porträt von J. G. Ballard
J. G. Ballard (1930 - 2009) zählte in seiner britischen Heimat zu den angesehensten Schriftstellern und Kulturschaffenden. Vom Science-Fiction-Autor entwickelte er sich zum experimentellen Avantgardisten und zuletzt zu einem ebenso intelligenten wie scharfsinnigen Beobachter seiner Zeit, der sich nicht scheute, kontroverse Meinungen zu äußern. Ballard wurde mit einer Vielzahl von Preisen und Ehrungen ausgezeichnet den "Order of the British Empire", Großbritanniens höchste Auszeichnung, lehnte er dagegen ab.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: J. G. Ballard
- 1995, 238 Seiten, Maße: 12,8 x 1,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Mitarbeit:Galchen, Rivka
- Verlag: HarperCollins UK
- ISBN-10: 0006548148
- ISBN-13: 9780006548140
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Englisch
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'Ballard is a magician of the contemporary scene and a literary saboteur. "Rushing to Paradise" is a Wellsian drama of extremity and isolation!a parable about the ratlike behaviour of marooned human beings. No one else writes with such enchanted clarity or strange power.' Guardian 'Pure Ballard. I read it with rapt fascination!wonderful.' William Boyd 'Robinson Crusoe in reverse. Teasing and sardonic!Ballard at his best.' Independent on Sunday Praise for J.G.Ballard: 'There are those (and I am among them) who would back Ballard as Britain's number one living novelist' John Sutherland, Sunday Times 'One of the brightest stars in post-war fiction' Kingsley Amis 'One of the few genuine surrealists this country has produced, the possessor of a terrifying and exhilarating imagination' Guardian 'Ballard has issued a series of bulletins on the modern world of almost unerring prescience. Other writers describe; Ballard anticipates' Will Self
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