Crash by J.G. Ballard delves into a dark and unsettling exploration of the human psyche’s collision with modern technology. The novel centers on a group of individuals who develop a perverse sexual fascination with car crashes. As they seek out increasingly extreme and violent accidents, their desires become intertwined with the chaos and destruction of automobile collisions. Ballard’s narrative is a chilling examination of how technology can distort and intensify human desires, creating a disturbing landscape where the boundaries between pleasure and pain, reality and fantasy, blur.
Crash by J.G. Ballard delves into a dark and unsettling exploration of the human psyche’s collision with modern technology. The novel centers on a group of individuals who develop a perverse sexual fascination with car crashes. As they seek out increasingly extreme and violent accidents, their desires become intertwined with the chaos and destruction of automobile collisions. Ballard’s narrative is a chilling examination of how technology can distort and intensify human desires, creating a disturbing landscape where the boundaries between pleasure and pain, reality and fantasy, blur.
Author: J.G. Ballard
First Published: 1973
Genre: Transgressive Fiction, Science Fiction
Language: English