Concrete Island A Novel
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Verlag:Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Erscheinungsdatum
15.07.2014
Verlag
Farrar, Straus and GirouxSeitenzahl
178 (Printausgabe)
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2715 KB
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9781466856622
A wealthy architect becomes a modern-day Robinson Crusoe in this chilling, twisted novel by the author of
Empire of the Sun and
High-Rise.
Robert Maitland, a thirty-five-year-old architect, is driving home from his London offices when a blowout sends his speeding Jaguar hurtling out of control. After smashing through a temporary barrier, he finds himself dazed and disoriented on a traffic island below three converging motorways. But when he tries to climb the embankment or flag down a passing car for help, it proves impossible-and he finds himself imprisoned on the concrete island. Maitland must survive using only what he can find in his crashed car.
As in all J.G. Ballard's best work,
Concrete Island provides an unnerving study of our modern lives and world. With his alienating, "Ballardian" view of normal events, this is a unique novel from one of the twentieth century's finest writers.
Praise for
Concrete Island
"A vision in both style and substance. The literary equivalent of Salvador Dalí or Max Ernst." -
The Washington Post Book World
"This is the excellent stuff of classic castaway adventure, stiffened here by contemporary overtones that call into question social values." -
San Francisco Chronicle
Empire of the Sun and
High-Rise.
Robert Maitland, a thirty-five-year-old architect, is driving home from his London offices when a blowout sends his speeding Jaguar hurtling out of control. After smashing through a temporary barrier, he finds himself dazed and disoriented on a traffic island below three converging motorways. But when he tries to climb the embankment or flag down a passing car for help, it proves impossible-and he finds himself imprisoned on the concrete island. Maitland must survive using only what he can find in his crashed car.
As in all J.G. Ballard's best work,
Concrete Island provides an unnerving study of our modern lives and world. With his alienating, "Ballardian" view of normal events, this is a unique novel from one of the twentieth century's finest writers.
Praise for
Concrete Island
"A vision in both style and substance. The literary equivalent of Salvador Dalí or Max Ernst." -
The Washington Post Book World
"This is the excellent stuff of classic castaway adventure, stiffened here by contemporary overtones that call into question social values." -
San Francisco Chronicle
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