The Atrocity Exhibition by J.G. Ballard
I first saw this ‘book’ at Moes books in Berkeley. It is actually a glossy style magazine reprinted in a series called REsearch which describes itself as ‘fascinated with society’s fringe elements’ and was published in 1990. Originally published in the UK in 1970, It…
The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
I came to this book via a review of Hazzard’s work in the New York Review of Books calling this her masterpiece. It starts slowly, revolving around two sisters, Grace and Caro Bell who emigrate to England from Australia in the fifties. We are introduced…
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