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Miracles of Life [electronic resource] : ePub edition

Ballard, J. G.2008

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Summary

Ballard recounts his first attempts at fiction and his part in the social and artistic revolutions of the 60s. He describes his friendships with figures as diverse as Kingsley Amis, Michael Moorcock and Eduardo Paolozzi alongside recollections of his domestic life in Shepperton – raising three children as a single father following the unexpected and premature death of his wife. ‘Miracles of Life’ is both a captivating narrative of the experiences that have shaped this extraordinary writer’s works, his distinctive outlook and his original visions of the future, and is also an account of a remarkable life. ‘Superb. Mr Ballard, you are wonderful’ Sunday Times‘Exquisitely written … ‘Miracles of Life’, a subtle, restlessly enquiring work of touching humanity, is Ballard’s crowning achievement’ Financial Times‘Brief, modest and occasionally shattering, in a way that elevates it to a level of greatness’ Observer‘A jewel. As a writer, he can simply take the breath away’ Independent 'The terrifying thing about Ballard is his logic; is this science fiction or history written ahead of its time?’ Len Deighton