Name: Crash
Price: 695.00 TWD
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Author: Ballard, J. G. ; Smith, Zadie
ISBN: 9781250171511

Type

Physical Book

Author

J. G. Ballard

Introduction by

Zadie Smith

Publisher

Picador

Language

English

Pages

224

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.8 x 14.0 x 1.5 cm

Weight

0.18 kg.

ISBN13

9781250171511

Synopsis "Crash"

The Definitive Cult, Postmodern Novel--a Shocking Blend of Violence, Transgression, and Eroticism Reissued with a New Introduction from Zadie SmithWhen J. G. Ballard, our narrator, smashes his car into another and watches a man die in front of him, he finds himself drawn with increasing intensity to the mangled impacts of car crashes. Robert Vaughan, a former TV scientist turned nightmare angel of the expressway, has gathered around him a collection of alienated crash victims and experiments with a series of autoerotic atrocities, each more sinister than the last. But Vaughan craves the ultimate crash--a head-on collision of blood, semen, engine coolant, and iconic celebrity. First published in 1973, Crash remains one of the most shocking novels of the twentieth century and was made into an equally controversial film by David Cronenberg.

Zadie Smith

(Introduction by)

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Zadie Smith (United Kingdom, 1975) is a British novelist and essayist born in London, daughter of a Jamaican mother and an English father. Her first novel, White Teeth (2000), catapulted her to international recognition and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, among other awards. Other notable works include On Beauty (a finalist for the Man Booker Prize and winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction), NW, and Swing Time. Smith is a member of the Royal Society of Literature and a professor of creative writing at New York University.

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