J. G. Ballard's "e;Crash"e;
J.G. Ballard''s Crash (1973) remains a byword for transgression in literature: declared ''too disgusting for words'' upon publication. The basis for David Cronenberg''s equally provocative film, Crash has been regarded variously as the apotheosis of New Wave science fiction, the ur-source for postmodernism, a transhumanist manifesto, and a pornographic masterpiece in the tradition of Sade and Bata...
J.G. Ballard''s Crash (1973) remains a byword for transgression in literature: declared ''too disgusting for words'' upon publication. The basis for David Cronenberg''s equally provocative film, Crash has been regarded variously as the apotheosis of New Wave science fiction, the ur-source for postmodernism, a transhumanist manifesto, and a pornographic masterpiece in the tradition of Sade and Bata...
