{"product_id":"selected-nonfiction-1962-2007","title":"Selected Nonfiction, 1962–2007","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\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\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJ. G. Ballard was a colossal figure in English literature and an imaginative force of the twentieth century. Alongside seminal novels—from the notorious \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCrash\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1973) to the semi-autobiographical \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEmpire of the Sun\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1984)—Ballard was a sought-after reviewer and commentator, publishing journalism, memoir, and cultural criticism in a variety of forms. This volume collects the most significant short nonfiction of Ballard's fifty-year career, extending the range of the only previous collection of his nonfiction, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA User's Guide to the Millennium\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1996), which selected essays and reviews published between 1962 and 1995.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA decade on from Ballard's death in 2009, a new generation of readers needs a new collection. In the period following \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA User's Guide\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"J. G. Ballard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48761305137346,"sku":null,"price":36.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/8002\/4002\/files\/71HOGYMUYJL._SY522.jpg?v=1788880656","url":"https:\/\/frictionbooks.com\/products\/selected-nonfiction-1962-2007","provider":"Friction Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}