Author | J. G. Ballard |
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Language | English |
Genre | Dystopian, thriller |
Publisher | Jonathan Cape |
Publication date | 1975 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
Pages | 204 |
ISBN | 0-224-01168-5 |
OCLC | 1993557 |
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LC Class | PZ4.B1893 Hi PR6052.A46 |
Preceded by | Concrete Island (1974) |
Followed by | The Unlimited Dream Company (1979) |
High-Rise is a 1975 novel by British writer J. G. Ballard.[1] The story describes the disintegration of a luxury high-rise building as its affluent residents gradually descend into violent chaos. As with Ballard's previous novels Crash (1973) and Concrete Island (1974), High-Rise inquires into the ways in which modern social and technological landscapes could alter the human psyche in provocative and hitherto unexplored ways. It was adapted into a film of the same name, in 2015, by director Ben Wheatley.