false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170723890m/70251.jpg 70251 16 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 in Concrete Island 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. 1232126 book 1973 Concrete Island: A Novel total:583|5:114|4:247|3:174|2:34|1:14| 583 2162 806 61 4 6 false true Thu Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 21:44:38 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 18 20:32:10 -0800 2008
Don't quote me on that, though.

This little book is the perfect complement to Ballard's more infamo...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 11:06:30 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 23:39:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun May 10 08:32:52 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 08:52:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Nov 30 09:16:16 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 30 15:19:48 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Mon Nov 10 10:36:25 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 22:22:46 -0800 2008
i can only say that every now and then i come across a book that doesn’t make me feel like i’m reading a story but rather like i’m being injected into some other, concentrated, purified form of the...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jun 15 20:49:29 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 07:13:54 -0700 2008
The premise: A+! Way awesome. A guy crashes off of the freeway and gets stranded on an island between the roads. (Or sort of below them. To be honest, I never could figure out exactly how it was set up. It was an island, but big. And th...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 07:15:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 08:33:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 05 14:19:33 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 14:22:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 28 18:17:37 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 18:17:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 26 13:34:09 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 06:54:16 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 13:34:09 -0700 2009 Robinson Crusoe, but it's also a lot like The Tempest (the novel definitely has a Caliban and an Ariel). A very good novel, and worth your time if you're looking for something di...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 15 07:50:50 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 08:43:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 06 05:08:47 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 05:12:19 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jun 02 22:36:13 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 22:44:45 -0700 2009 Crash:A Novel.]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 22:18:36 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 22:22:42 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun Nov 09 08:03:33 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 07:17:55 -0800 2008
still, the first portion of the book is very evocative of a forgotten modern environment, which doesn't completely make it throw-away. I just ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 10 15:44:33 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 15:46:09 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 11:37:54 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 11:54:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 13:08:23 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 13:09:06 -0700 2009 ]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 16:49:14 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 16:50:03 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Wed Mar 18 15:50:53 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 15:50:53 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=70251