Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
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 most recent novel was Kingdom Come, published in 2006; his autobiography Miracles of Life was published in 2008 to much acclaim. J.G. Ballard died in 2009.
<p>‘An <strong>extraordinary</strong> achievement’ Angela Carter</p>
<p>‘A remarkable journey into the mind of a growing boy … <strong>horror and humanity are blended into a unique and unforgettable fiction</strong>’ <em>Sunday Times</em></p>
<p>‘Remarkable … form, content and style fuse with complete success … <strong>one of the great war novels of the 20th century</strong>’ William Boyd</p>
<p>‘<strong>Gripping and remarkable</strong> … I have never read a novel which gave me a stronger sense of the blind helplessness of war … <strong>unforgettable</strong>’ <em>Observer</em></p>
<p>‘A brilliant fusion of history, autobiography and imaginative speculation. <strong>An incredible literary achievement and almost intolerably moving</strong>’ Anthony Burgess</p>
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
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 most recent novel was Kingdom Come, published in 2006; his autobiography Miracles of Life was published in 2008 to much acclaim. J.G. Ballard died in 2009.