J.G. Ballard’s Shanghai vs. J.G. Ballard’s London
Reason looks at the life and legacy of J.G. Ballard, comparing the dueling influences of Shanghai and London on his life.
In Shanghai fear and hunger and violence were right in front of him; there were dead bodies lying in the streets where he bicycled. As an adult in the comfortable London suburb of Shepperton, by contrast, Ballard had to look under the surface to find the darkest parts of the human psyche.
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