Miracles of Life : : Shanghai to Shepperton : an Autobiography
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J.G. Ballard has been, for over fifty years, one of this country's most significant writers. Beginning with the events that inspired his classic novel, "Empire of the Sun", in this revelatory autobiography he charts the course of his astonishing life. "Miracles of Life" takes us from the vibrant surroundings of pre-war Shanghai, to the deprivations and unexpected freedoms of Lunghua Camp, to Ballard's arrival in a devastated Britain. Ballard recounts his first attempts at fiction and his part in the social and artistic revolutions of the 60s. He describes his friendships with figures as diverse as Kingsley Amis, Michael Moorcock and Eduardo Paolozzi alongside recollections of his domestic life in Shepperton -- raising three children as a single father following the unexpected and premature death of his wife.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Liveright, 2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: xiv, 250 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780871404206
0871404206
SUBJECTS
Ballard, J. G., -- 1930-2009.
Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence.