Voices of Time
29.99 €
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Voices of Time
29.99 €
The first volume of the complete stories by J.G. Ballard, one of the most original visionaries of the 20th century.
The creator of "Empire of the Sun," "Crash," and "High-Rise," Ballard wrote eighteen novels and dozens of short stories over four decades that changed the face of world literature and influenced an entire generation of writers, artists, musicians, and directors.
It is in short form that Ballard truly reveals himself. His short stories are a laboratory of ideas from which all his celebrated novels grew. Here, themes and images that would later become iconic first appear: flooded cities of the future, deserts of glass, musical plants, the secret biology of mutations induced by mass media, and stories of secret wars that never happened.
These texts, collected for the first time in the order of their authorial writing and publication, offer an opportunity to peer into the very depths of the master's imagination, witnessing the birth of his catastrophes, hallucinations, and prophecies. With the release of this collection, readers will finally have the opportunity to appreciate the incomparable diversity and captivating rhythm of Ballard's prose. Whether it's musical orchids, a cannibalistic ritual of the future, or an alternate history of World War III, his stories evoke visions comparable to those of Kafka and Borges, and convey with unnerving accuracy contemporary anxiety, yearning for the unfulfilled, and the strangeness of the world.
Volume I includes stories written between 1956 and 1962.
The creator of "Empire of the Sun," "Crash," and "High-Rise," Ballard wrote eighteen novels and dozens of short stories over four decades that changed the face of world literature and influenced an entire generation of writers, artists, musicians, and directors.
It is in short form that Ballard truly reveals himself. His short stories are a laboratory of ideas from which all his celebrated novels grew. Here, themes and images that would later become iconic first appear: flooded cities of the future, deserts of glass, musical plants, the secret biology of mutations induced by mass media, and stories of secret wars that never happened.
These texts, collected for the first time in the order of their authorial writing and publication, offer an opportunity to peer into the very depths of the master's imagination, witnessing the birth of his catastrophes, hallucinations, and prophecies. With the release of this collection, readers will finally have the opportunity to appreciate the incomparable diversity and captivating rhythm of Ballard's prose. Whether it's musical orchids, a cannibalistic ritual of the future, or an alternate history of World War III, his stories evoke visions comparable to those of Kafka and Borges, and convey with unnerving accuracy contemporary anxiety, yearning for the unfulfilled, and the strangeness of the world.
Volume I includes stories written between 1956 and 1962.
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