Concrete island : (a novel)
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Gaiman, Neil, writer of introduction.
Published
New York : picador / farrar, straus & giroux, 2018.
Status
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Published
New York : picador / farrar, straus & giroux, 2018.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xiii, 156 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Reprint. Originally published : New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ©1973.
General Note
"First published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux"--Title page verso.
Description
"Concrete Island pays twisted homage to Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. Newly reissued with an introduction from Neil Gaiman. On a day in April, just after three o'clock in the afternoon, Robert Maitland's car crashes over the concrete parapet of a high-speed highway onto the island below, where he is injured and, finally, trapped. What begins as an almost ludicrous predicament soon turns into horror as Maitland--a wickedly modern Robinson Crusoe--realizes that, despite evidence of other inhabitants, this doomed terrain has become a mirror of his own mind. Seeking the dark outer rim of the everyday, Ballard weaves private catastrophe into an intensely specular allegory."--,hpb.com.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ballard, J. G., & Gaiman, N. (2018). Concrete island: (a novel) (Second Picador Paperback Edition.). picador / farrar, straus & giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ballard, J. G., 1930-2009 and Neil, Gaiman. 2018. Concrete Island: (a Novel). picador / farrar, straus & giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ballard, J. G., 1930-2009 and Neil, Gaiman. Concrete Island: (a Novel) picador / farrar, straus & giroux, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ballard, J. G., and Neil Gaiman. Concrete Island: (a Novel) Second Picador Paperback Edition., picador / farrar, straus & giroux, 2018.
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