J.G. Ballard – author of Crash and Empire of the Sun – explores the extremes of ecology and feminism in this highly acclaimed modern fable.Dr Barbara Rafferty is a fearless conservationist, determined to save a rare albatross from extinction. Her crusade gains widespread coverage when earnest young environmentalist Neil Dempsey is shot during an ill-fated attempt to rescue the bird from its Pacific island habitat, Saint-Esprit.Support for the conservationists grows and well-wishers flock to the island, bringing with them specimens of other endangered creatures to be protected by Dr Barbara and her crew. The island seems a new Eden.But is the intense Dr Barbara as altruistic as she appears? Why are the islanders committing acts of self-sabotage? And what’s keeping Neil alive while the other men sicken?A classic exploration of the extremes of human behaviour from J.G Ballard, this is a brilliantly unsettling novel in which all preconceptions are overthrown.
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J. G. Ballard. Rushing to Paradise
J. G. BALLARD. Rushing to Paradise
From the Reviews of Rushing to Paradise:
Contents
Introduction by Rivka Galchen
1. Saving the Albatross
2. Protesting Too Much
3. The Dugong
4. The Shore Raid
5. Island People
6. The View from a Camera-Tower
7. The Rainbow Pirates
8. The Gift Mountain
9. The Ecology of Paradise
10. The Attack on the Beach
11. The Breeding-Station
12. Fever in the Blood
13. Hunters and Lovers
14. A New Arrival
15. Volunteers
16. A Banquet of the Fathoms
17. The End of Love
18. A Gift to a Death
19. Lilies of the Sanctuary
20. The Secret Door
The Sage of Shepperton. A biographical profile by Travis Elborough
About the Author
By the Same Author
About the Publisher
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‘Mesmerising and poetic … compulsive reading’
Financial Times
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She brushed the damp hair from his eyes and ran her hand over his muscular arms, as if reminding herself that he was still the pugnacious and lazy youth she had met one evening in Waikiki, dreaming of atomic islands and marathon swims. During the voyage from Papeete she had spared him from the more arduous tasks, leaving Kimo to shift the heavy sails and work the bilge pump, and Neil sensed that he was being saved for a more exacting role than that of expedition cameraman.
