| Concrete Island Contributor(s): Ballard, J. G. (Author), Gaiman, Neil (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1250171520 ISBN-13: 9781250171528 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.30 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Concrete Island pays twisted homage to Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. Newly reissued with an introduction from Neil Gaiman. On a day in April, just after three o'clock in the afternoon, Robert Maitland's car crashes over the concrete parapet of a high-speed highway onto the island below, where he is injured and, finally, trapped. What begins as an almost ludicrous predicament soon turns into horror as Maitland--a wickedly modern Robinson Crusoe--realizes that, despite evidence of other inhabitants, this doomed terrain has become a mirror of his own mind. Seeking the dark outer rim of the everyday, Ballard weaves private catastrophe into an intensely specular allegory. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ballard, J. G.: - J. G. Ballard is the author of numerous books, including Empire of the Sun, the underground classic Crash, The Kindness of Women, and Super-Cannes. He is revered as one of the most important writers of fiction to address the consequences of twentieth-century technology. He lives in England. |