The Kindness of Women
by:
J.G. Ballard (author)
Ballard here writes a brilliant hybrid of autobiography and fiction. The sequel to The Empire of the Sun, this work puts his earlier account of a boy’s experiences in occupied Shanghai in the context of a lifetime. Ballard’s eye has never been more cinematic, and his writing, especially in the...
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Ballard here writes a brilliant hybrid of autobiography and fiction. The sequel to The Empire of the Sun, this work puts his earlier account of a boy’s experiences in occupied Shanghai in the context of a lifetime. Ballard’s eye has never been more cinematic, and his writing, especially in the love scenes, is a masterful blend of the raw and the tender.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780156471145 (0156471140)
Publish date: April 12th 1993
Publisher: Mariner Books
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
A sequel to Empire of the Sun! I din't know about this at all. Thanks Cassiel for bringing it to my attention.
This semi-autobiographical book contains one of the more bizarre and memorable seduction scenes I've come across. He's just met the woman, and he's standing in her kitchen. He asks her if she's married. She says she's divorced, but her ex-husband comes round every week to wash his clothes in her was...
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