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In the vast literary landscape of the 20th century, "The Atrocity Exhibition" by James Graham Ballard emerges as a daring and experimental work that challenges narrative conventions and explores uncharted territories of the human mind. Discover the review
In the vast literary landscape of the 20th century, "The Atrocity Exhibition" by James Graham Ballard emerges as a daring and experimental work that challenges narrative conventions and explores uncharted territories of the human mind.
"Almost urged on by the grass, Maitland climbed onto the roof of an abandoned air-raid shelter, where he caught his breath, studying the island more closely. Comparing it with the highway system, he noted that it was much older than the surrounding land, as if that triangular area of wilderness had survived for a unique exercise in cunning and perseverance, and would continue to survive, unknown and neglected, for a long time even after the highways had crumbled to dust" [Concrete Island]. Discover the review
"Almost urged on by the grass, Maitland climbed onto the roof of an abandoned air-raid shelter, where he caught his breath, studying the island more closely. Comparing it with the highway system, he noted that it was much older than the surrounding land, as if that triangular area of wilderness had survived for a unique exercise in cunning and perseverance, and would continue to survive, unknown and neglected, for a long time even after the highways had crumbled to dust" [Concrete Island].
This urban typology, which in sociology takes the name "residential enclave," is a living form increasingly spreading in the wealthy areas of the world's rich countries: these are residential areas equipped with all services and closed off practically hermetically from the outside world, thus representing happy islands within more complex realities (Beverly Hills, or those well-off neighborhoods with villas seen in American TV shows, are examples of enclaves). Discover the review
This urban typology, which in sociology takes the name "residential enclave," is a living form increasingly spreading in the wealthy areas of the world's rich countries: these are residential areas equipped with all services and closed off practically hermetically from the outside world, thus representing happy islands within more complex realities (Beverly Hills, or those well-off neighborhoods with villas seen in American TV shows, are examples of enclaves).
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