High-Rise

by J. G. Ballard · first published 1975

High-Rise is a 1975 novel by British writer J. G. Ballard. The story describes the disintegration of a luxury high-rise building as its affluent residents gradually descend into violent chaos. As with Ballard's previous novels Crash (1973) and Concrete Island (1974), High-Rise inquires into the ways in which modern social and technological landscapes could alter the human psyche in provocative and hitherto unexplored ways. It was adapted into a film of the same name, in 2015, by director Ben Wheatley.

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Genre:

Thriller, Science Fiction, Dystopian fiction

Original language:

English

Reader rating:

★ 4.0 / 5 (3 on Open Library)

Year page:

1975