Vydavatel: Harper Perennial Počet strán: 176 Jazyk: English Rozmery: 18.6 x 12.8 x 1.4 cm ISBN: 9780007221837 Formát: mäkká Zobraziť viac
Led by a charismatic and slightly unhinged woman, a group of environmentalists wins control over a small atoll in the Pacific and sets up a utopian community. Breeding other threatened species and among themselves, ... Zobraziť viac
A high-tech business park on the Mediterranean is the setting for a most disturbing crime in this reissue featuring a new introduction by Ali Smith. A disturbing mystery awaits Paul and Jane Sinclair when they arrive in Eden-Olympia, a... Zobraziť viac
With a new introduction by John Gray and striking new cover from the artist Stanley Donwood, the author of ‘Cocaine Nights’ brings you the story of suburban London transformed into an exotic dreamworld... Zobraziť viac
Z jednoho pohledu je román romantickým příběhem manžela hledajícího ztracenou ženu. Ale z širšího hlediska nás autor seznamuje s novým druhem sociální patologie. Zobraziť viac
Based on J. G. Ballard's own childhood, this is the extraordinary account of a boy's life in Japanese–occupied wartime Shanghai – a mesmerising, hypnotically compelling novel of war, of starvation and survival, of internment camps and death marches... Zobraziť viac
The definitive cult, post-modern novel - a shocking blend of violence, transgression and eroticism - reissued with a new introduction from Zadie Smith. When Ballard, our narrator, smashes his car into another and watches a man die in front of him, ... Zobraziť viac
A chilling novel that pays twisted homage to Defoe's 'Robinson Crusoe'. Newly reissued with an introduction from Neil Gaiman. Robert Maitland, a 35 year-old architect, is driving home from his London offices when a blow-out sends ... Zobraziť viac
Coming in March 2016 from acclaimed director Ben Wheatley, a major motion picture adaptation of J. G. Ballard's compelling and unnerving tale of what happens when life in a luxury apartment building descends into chaos, starring ... Zobraziť viac
Welcome to Vermilion Sands, the fully automated desert-resort ready to fulfil your most exotic whims. Home to the idle rich it now languishes in uneasy decay, populated only by forgotten movie queens, solitary impresarios and the remittance men of... Zobraziť viac
V návaznosti na šokující Bouračku vypráví J. G. Ballard příběh pětatřicetiletého architekta Roberta Maitlanda, který se cestou ze své kanceláře v centru Londýna zřítí s automobilem na nevelkou betonovou plochu, vzniklou pod třemi autostrádami, ... Zobraziť viac
Přízračné dospívání v japonském zajateckém táboře poznamenalo malého Jima natolik, že po válce z něho vyrostl jeden z nejméně uchopitelných britských spisovatelů... Zobraziť viac
A terrifying vision of the future from one of our most renowned writers - J.G. Ballard, author of 'Empire of the Sun' and 'Crash'. Following the energy crisis of the late twentieth-century America has been abandoned... Zobraziť viac
Based on J. G. Ballard's own childhood, this is the extraordinary account of a boy's life in Japanese–occupied wartime Shanghai – a mesmerising, hypnotically compelling novel of war, of starvation and survival, of internment camps and death marches... Zobraziť viac
The novel opens with the narrator recovering in hospital after a serious car crash in which he has killed the husband of a young woman doctor... Zobraziť viac
In a futuristic resort populated by forgotten movie queens and scheming dilettantes, a sinister undercurrent of dangerous ideas threatens to disrupt the colony's languor. Zobraziť viac
A high-security luxury housing estate in the Thames Valley sees a disturbing outbreak of violence in this compelling novella, newly reissued with an introduction from Adam Phillips... Zobraziť viac