{"product_id":"the-jg-ballard-book-paperback","title":"The JG Ballard Book - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRick McGrath\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroducing \u003cstrong\u003eThe JG Ballard Book\u003c\/strong\u003e, an oversized collection of articles, ideas, interviews, insights and a travelogue... as well as uniquely featuring hi-rez reproductions of over 60 pages of handwritten and typed letters from JG Ballard himself. The JG Ballard Book is 192 (count 'em) full-colour large format pages of fun and fascinating insights into \"The Seer of Shepperton\" -- his life, his work and his planar intersections. The JG Ballard Book features contributions from some well-known denizens of the Ballardian universe: \u003cstrong\u003eToby Litt \u003c\/strong\u003esuggests Ballard's political ideology may be as inverted as his plots; \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Pringle\u003c\/strong\u003e offers up his thoughtful 1984 interview, \"JG Ballard: Psychoanalyst of the Electronic Age\"; \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Bonsall\u003c\/strong\u003e cuts it open with \"JG Ballard in the Dissecting Room\"; \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Holliday\u003c\/strong\u003e stitches together all the disconnected \u003cem\u003eAtrocity Exhibition\u003c\/em\u003e bits in \"Desperate Measures: A History of \u003cem\u003eThe Atrocity Exhibition\u003c\/em\u003e\"; seminal Ballard bibliographer \u003cstrong\u003eJames Goddard\u003c\/strong\u003e contributes actual Ballard documents from his extensive collection, a total of 56 pages of Ballard's handwritten text, interview corrections, lists and more from JGB's intense and experimental late 1960s and 1970s;\u003cstrong\u003e Rick Poynor\u003c\/strong\u003e paints a picture of how Ballard has been treated by the visual media in \"What Does JG Ballard Look Like?\"; \u003cstrong\u003eSam Francis\u003c\/strong\u003e, fresh from his acclaimed study, \u003cem\u003eThe Psychological Fictions of JG Ballard\u003c\/em\u003e, amuses us with an unpublished 2005 Ballard interview; Prof \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Brigg\u003c\/strong\u003e clocks in with \"JG Ballard: Time Out of Mind\"; \u003cstrong\u003eJordi Costa\u003c\/strong\u003e, the creative force behind the JGB exhibition in Barcelona, takes a big screen look with \"Ballardoscope: Some Attempts at Approaching the Writer as a Visionary\"; \u003cstrong\u003ePaul A. Green\u003c\/strong\u003e amazingly paints a pure Ballard pastiche with \"The Impossibility Exhibition\"; and \u003cstrong\u003eRick McGrath\u003c\/strong\u003e re-imagines his 2007 journey to Shanghai to visit the few remains of JG Ballard's youth in the \"wicked city\", with original letters, maps and drawings by Ballard. The book features original cover art by \u003cstrong\u003eLuca del Baldo\u003c\/strong\u003e and 10 delicious photographs by\u003cstrong\u003e Ana Barrado\u003c\/strong\u003e. The JG Ballard Book is a large format, full-colour, must-have collection for any Ballard fan!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 04, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42738030706751,"sku":"9780991866502","price":60.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/6da8247733fb628e826c45f52bc3d3be.webp?v=1765151900","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-jg-ballard-book-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}