Crash

Resumen del libro

The definitive cult, post-modern novel a shocking blend of violence, transgression and eroticism.

When our narrator smashes his car into another and watches a man die in front of him, his sense of sexual possibilities in the world around him becomes detached. As he begins an affair with the dead man's wife, he finds himself drawn with increasing intensity to the mangled impacts of car crashes. Then he encounters Robert Vaughan, a former TV scientist turned nightmare angel of the expressway, who has gathered around him a collection of alienated crash victims and experiments with a series of erotic atrocities, each more sinister than the last. But Vaughan craves the ultimate crash - a head-on collision of blood, semen, engine coolant and iconic celebrity.

Biografía del autor

J. G. Ballard, uno de los grandes nombres de la ciencia ficción, nació en Shanghái en1930 y tras la invasión japonesa fue internado con su familia en un campo, experiencias que recuerda en " El imperio del sol " . Después de diversos empleos empezó a escribir y a partir de 1962 se dedicó por completo a la escritura. Además de novelas, escribió numerosos relatos, que serán publicados próximamente en esta colección.