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COMPLETE STORIES OF J. G. BALLARD...includes; Prima Belladonna," CAGE OF
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COMPLETE STORIES OF J. G. BALLARD...includes; Prima Belladonna," CAGE OF SAND; MAN ON 99TH FLOOR..;.. "The Drowned Giant," OVERLOADED MAN; INSANE ONE; NOW:ZEROand "The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered as a Downhill Motor Race MANY OTHERS.. Paperback - 2010

by BALLARD, J. G. & AMIS, MARTIN introduction

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With 92 enthralling and pulse-quickening stories spanning five decades, and featuring such classics as Prima Belladonna and The Index, Ballard's "Complete Stories" evokes Kafka and Borges with its ability to render psychosis, modern paranoia, and fantastical creations on the page.

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New York: W. W. Norton & Company. Very Good. 2010. PAPERBACK. Paperback. 6.1 X 2 X 9.2 inches. VG Cond DJ; most haunting, cogent, and individual imaginations in contemporary literature. a monumental achievement by one of our greatest literary geniuses.; 1199 pages; "Hybrid Autobiography-Fiction...one man's extraordinary life" .
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  • Title COMPLETE STORIES OF J. G. BALLARD...includes; Prima Belladonna," CAGE OF SAND; MAN ON 99TH FLOOR..;.. "The Drowned Giant," OVERLOADED MAN; INSANE ONE; NOW:ZEROand "The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered as a Downhill Motor Race MANY OTHERS..
  • Author BALLARD, J. G. & AMIS, MARTIN introduction
  • Illustrator BAUER, JERRY Author Photo FRONTIS
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition PAPERBACK
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 1199
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
  • Date 2010
  • Features Bibliography, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 139159
  • ISBN 9780393339291 / 0393339297
  • Weight 3.3 lbs (1.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 2 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 5.08 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects Short stories, Short stories, English
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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From the rear cover

"More than one thousand compelling pages from one of the most haunting, cogent, and individual imaginations in contemporary literature."-William BoydNever before published in its entirety in America, with many stories new to American readers, The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard is a monumental achievement by one of our greatest literary geniuses. Featuring such classics as "Prima Belladonna," "The Drowned Giant," and "The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered as a Downhill Motor Race," the book evokes Poe and Kafka, Borges and Bradbury in its astonishing ability to render psychosis and modern paranoia in phantasmagorical detail on the printed page.Praise for J.G. Ballard: "Ballard will be remembered as the most original English writer of the last century . . . [and] as a one-man genre; no one else is remotely like him. . . . He was sui generis. What was influential, though, was the marvelous creaminess of his prose, and the weird and sudden expansions of his imagery."-Martin Amis, The Guardian"When I was a boy, I loved J. G. Ballard. And when I was a teenager, I loved J. G. Ballard. And as an adult, I loved J. G. Ballard."-Neil Gaiman"For anyone bored with the stale conventions of mainstream fiction, his 90-odd short stories of stilled time, desolate beauty and personal fulfillment in extreme situations will be sheer delight."-John Gray, The New Statesman"[W]ho would argue that ours is not a time of nihilism and that Ballard is not the ideal chronicler of our disturbed modernity?"-Jason Cowley, The Observer

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Citations

  • New York Times Book Review, 11/28/2010, Page 28