The Atrocity Exhibition by J. G. Ballard
This book is a collection of interconnected stories that explore the effects of media and technology on modern psychology and human behavior. The narrative centers around a psychiatrist who, after a mental breakdown, becomes fixated on the idea that there is a deeper, more abstract reality beneath the surface of everyday life. He obsessively analyzes cultural events, car crashes, and sexual encounters as he attempts to deconstruct the world into a series of conceptual, almost fetishized images. The work challenges the boundaries between sanity and madness, reality and simulation, in a fragmented, non-linear style that mirrors the disjointed nature of the protagonist's psyche and the chaotic society he is attempting to dissect.
The 4316th greatest book of all time
- Published
- 1970
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 160-200
- Words
- 55,000
- Original Language
- English
- Alternate Titles
- None
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This book is on the following 1 lists:
- Daily Telegraph's 100 Books of the Century, 1900-1999 (Daily Telegraph)