High-Rise
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*High-Rise* is a 1975 novel by British writer J. G. Ballard. 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.
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Book Details
First Published
1975
Pages
207 pages
Rating
3.8 / 5
Ratings
16
Editions
30
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Language
ENG, POL, ITA
Status
Published
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