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de J.G. Ballard (Author) "SOON after three o'clock on the afternoon of April 22nd 1973, a 35-year-old architect named Robert Maitland was driving down the high-speed exit lane of..." En savoir plus
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A 35-year-old architect is driving home from his London office when his car swerves and crashes onto a traffic island lying below three converging motorways. Uninjured, he climbs the embankment to seek help, but no one will stop for him and he is trapped on the island, where he remains.


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J. G. Ballard is the author of numerous books, including Empire of the Sun, the underground classic Crash, and The Kindness of Women. He is revered as one of the most important writers of fiction to address the consequences of twentieth-century technology. His latest book is Super-Cannes. He passed away in 2009.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 amazing allegory, Jui 10 2004
This review is from: Concrete Island: A Novel (Paperback)
This book, like a lot of J.G. Ballard's work, cannot be enjoyed by everyone. It lacks the shock value of "Crash" and the intrigue of "The Atrocity Exhibition". I found it, however, to be an enjoyable read in the event that I was prepared to sit down and read this deep piece of litereature. This novel is one big allegory so when you read it you have to keep in mind that it isn't a narrative novel meant for entertainment purposes; it is intended to make a statement, as with most if not all of Ballard's work. I gave it 4 stars based on its allegorical content and how well-written it is rather than how much I enjoyed the book. Ballard fans will certainly enjoy it, but if you are looking for a fluffy, light entertaining read, this is not the book for you.
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3.0étoiles sur 5 A classic, yes, but with reservations..., Jui 2 2009
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Ballard's companion novel to "Crash" is slightly more accessible but offers an equally outrageous concept: an affluent young architect crashes his Jaguar onto a traffic island at the Westway interchange and becomes an urban Robin Crusoe beneath a trio of converging overpasses. Subsiding on water from his radiator, a case of wine in his trunk, and food dumped to the curb from passing cars, days pass as he unsuccessfully tries to scale the embankment to flag down a passing vehicle, and eventually slips into dementia and paranoia. Unfortunately, Ballard can't contain the hook for long, and introduces two additional island denizens in the second half who keep the lead hostage ala "Misery" until he plays them against each other. The drama bogs down in some rather on-the-nose speechifying about the class system and psychobabble that betrays the author's more spartan and unnerving setup. Still, an engrossing, efficient, and original read as only Ballard could concoct...
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Ballard is a genius, Janv. 23 2004
This review is from: Concrete Island: A Novel (Paperback)
My first Ballard novel. I'm hooked. Brilliant reading. For young and old alike. "Ballard's novels are complex, obsessive, frequently poetic, and always disquieting chronicles of nature rebelling against humans, of the survival of barbarism in a world of mechanical efficiency, of ethropy, anomie, breakdown, ruin . . . The blasted landscapes that his characters inhabit are both external settings and states of mind."-Luc Sante -Fantastic!
I could not have said it better myself.
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