{"product_id":"selected-nonfiction-1962-2007","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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e J. 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) to 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. 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, \u003ci\u003eA User's Guide to the Millennium\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), which selected essays and reviews published between 1962 and 1995.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A 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.","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Selected Nonfiction, 1962-2007","offer_id":46713701335237,"sku":null,"price":68.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-0-262-55394-0.jpg?v=1786508323","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/selected-nonfiction-1962-2007","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}