{"product_id":"selected-nonfiction-1962-2007-j-g-ballard-9780262048323","title":"Selected Nonfiction, 1962-2007","description":"\u003cb\u003eJ. G. Ballard's collected nonfiction from 1962 to 2007, mapping the cultural obsessions, experiences, and insights of one of the most original minds of his generation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJ. G. Ballard was a colossal figure in English literature and an imaginative force of the twentieth century. Alongside seminal novels--from the notorious \u003ci\u003eCrash \u003c\/i\u003e(1973)\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eto the semi-autobiographical \u003ci\u003eEmpire of the Sun \u003c\/i\u003e(1984)--Ballard was a sought-after reviewer and commentator, publishing journalism, memoir, and cultural criticism in a variety of forms. \u003ci\u003eThe Selected Nonfiction of J. G. Ballard\u003c\/i\u003e collects the most significant short nonfiction of Ballard's fifty-year career, extending the range of the only previous collection of his nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eA User's Guide to the Millennium\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), which selected essays and reviews published between 1962 and 1995.\u003cbr\u003eA decade on from Ballard's death in 2009, a new generation of readers needs a new collection. In the period following \u003ci\u003eA User's Guide\u003c\/i\u003e, Ballard's writing addressed 9\/11, British politics from New Labour onward, and what he termed \"the rise of soft fascism\"--a diagnosis that maintains its relevance amid a shift toward right populism in European and US politics. Beautifully edited by Ballard scholar and novelist Mark Blacklock, this volume includes Ballard's editorials and manifestos; commentaries on his own work; commentaries on the work of others; reviews; and more. Above all, it makes the case for the currency of Ballard's work at a contemporary juncture at which so many of his diagnoses concerning the media and politics have become apparent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. G. Ballard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262048329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262048323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2023 pg. 88","brand":"J. G. Ballard","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44138517594367,"sku":"9780262048323","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d42f17ee-f61f-4a50-8f07-aa4113396914.jpg?v=1687900093","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/selected-nonfiction-1962-2007-j-g-ballard-9780262048323","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}