High-Rise is a 1975 novel by British writer J. G. Ballard. [1] The story describes the disintegration of a luxury high-rise building as its affluent residents gradually descend into violent chaos.

Nov 1, 1975 · In this visionary tale, human society slips into violent reverse as once-peaceful residents, driven by primal urges, re-create a world ruled by the laws of the jungle. James …

Apr 16, 2012 · High Rise is an intense and vivid bestiary, which lingers unsettlingly in the mind." ―Martin Amis, New Statesman. When a class war erupts inside a luxurious apartment block, …

High-Rise, a novel by J.G. Ballard, features a luxury apartment building. The building is a futuristic 40-story high-rise with lavish amenities. It houses around 2,000 affluent tenants, all educated …

High-Rise is a 1975 speculative novel by English author J. G. Ballard. The story explores the psychological effect of living in a Brutalist high-rise in a new development outside London.

While Empire of the Sun delves into personal survival amidst war, High-Rise examines societal collapse within the modern architectural confines of its titular building.

High Rise, written by J.G. Ballard and published in 1975, is a dystopian novel that explores the disintegration of social order within a prestigious high-rise apartment building.

Jun 28, 2012 · Within the walls of a high-tech forty-storey high-rise, the residents are hell-bent on an orgy of sex and destruction, answering to primal urges that their utopian surroundings can’t …

High-Rise by J. G. Ballard "High-Rise" is a novel that explores the social breakdown within a newly constructed forty-story apartment building, where the occupants are divided into distinct …

Apr 16, 2012 · In this visionary tale, human society slips into violent reverse as once-peaceful residents, driven by primal urges, re-create a world ruled by the laws of the jungle. J.G. Ballard …