false 1894306 7 'Miracles of Life' opens and closes in Shanghai, the city where J.G.Ballard was born, and where he spent the most of the Second World War interned with his family in a Japanese concentration camp. In the intervening chapters Ballard creates a memoir that is both an enthralling narrative and a detailed examination of the events which would profoundly influence his work. Beginning with his early childhood spent exploring the vibrant surroundings of pre-war Shanghai, Ballard charts the course of his remarkable life from the deprivations and unexpected freedoms of the Lunghua Camp to his return to a Britain physically and psychologically crippled by war. He explores his subsequent involvement in the dramatic social changes of the 1960s, and the adjustments to life following the premature death of his wife. In prose displaying his characteristic precision and eye for detail, Ballard recounts the experiences which would fundamentally shape his writing, while simultaneously providing an striking social analysis of the fragmented post-war Britain that lies behind so many of his novels. 'Miracles of Life' is an utterly captivating account of an extraordinary writer's extraordinary life. 1895782 4 4 2008 Miracles of Life total:67|5:16|4:36|3:13|2:2|1:0| 67 267 123 13 4 3 false false Sat Nov 01 16:27:08 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 16:47:29 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 16:27:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 00:50:39 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 00:58:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 05 13:43:56 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 13:44:12 -0700 2009
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