An edition of High-Rise (1975)

High-Rise

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An edition of High-Rise (1975)

High-Rise

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"When a class war erupts inside a luxurious apartment block, modern elevators become violent battlegrounds and cocktail parties degenerate into marauding attacks on enemy floors. In this visionary tale, human society slips into violent reverse as once-peaceful residents, driven by primal urges, re-create a world ruled by the laws of the jungle."--Provided by publisher

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Publisher
Liveright
Language
English
Pages
207

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Subjects

Fiction in English Fiction, general Apartment dwellers High-rise apartment buildings Dystopias Fiction Social aspects Skyscrapers

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London (England)

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Cover of: High-Rise
High-Rise
2016, Liveright
Paperback in English
Cover of: High-rise
High-rise
2016
in English
Cover of: Wieżowiec
Wieżowiec
2006, Wydawnictwo "Książnica"
in Polish
Cover of: I.g.h.
I.g.h.
Nov 30, 1987, Calmann lévy / nouvelle
mass market paperback
Cover of: High-rise
High-rise
1977, Holt, Rinehart and Winston
in English

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Published in
New York, USA

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
207 p ; 21 cm
Number of pages
207

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL27424023M
Internet Archive
highrisenovel0000jgba
ISBN 10
1631492683
ISBN 13
9781631492686
OCLC/WorldCat
949830100
Amazon ID (ASIN)
B01FEJ7036, 1631492683
Goodreads
29549964

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL2745965W
LibraryThing
74434
Wikidata
Q2249908

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Work Description

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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