Charts
For authors

Loading this book…

A social home for readers and authors. Discover stories, build a community, and manage every launch from one place.

Closed beta · Free for readers

Apps for iOS and Android are on the way.

Read

Explore books
Authors
Charts

Publish

For authors
Plans & pricing
Join free

Company

Help center
Community guidelines
Privacy
Terms

Language

Color mode

Concrete island by J. G. Ballard · Booklabria

Explore books
J. G. Ballard
Concrete island

Science FictionLondon

Concrete island

by J. G. BallardNot on Booklabria yet

No ratings on Booklabria yet·Be the first to rate it

Want to read this?

Join free to shelve it and hear when an author offers free copies.

Join free

No one on Booklabria has shelved this yet.

First published: 1974
Editions: 14 in 2 languages

Synopsis

A 35-year-old architect is driving home from his London office when his car swerves and crashes onto a traffic island lying below three converging motorways. Uninjured, he climbs the embankment to seek help, but no one will stop for him and he is trapped on the island, where he remains.

Subjects: Science Fiction
London
Survival
Architects
Traffic accidents
Traffic accident victims

Content notes

No content warnings recorded yet. Catalogue records don't include them, which doesn't mean the book has none.

More by J. G. Ballard

All books

The Drowned World
1962
The atrocity exhibition
2001

Cocaine Nights

1996

Super-Cannes

2000

Crystal World (Flamingo Modern Classic)

2008

Short stories

1978

Chronopolis

1971

The Drought

2002

The Wind from Nowhere

1962

The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard

2009

Related bookssharing subjects with this book

The longest ride
Nicholas Sparks
The Last Letter from Your Lover
Jojo Moyes
Crash & burn
Lisa Gardner
A bend in the road
Nicholas Sparks
Heart's ease
Anne Stuart
Come and get us
James Patterson, Shan Serafin

Reviews

No reviews on Booklabria yet. The first one starts the conversation here.

Book data and covers from Open Library (openlibrary.org).

Editions

14 in 2 languages

See all editions ›

English13 Italian1

The most complete records first.

See all 13 English editions

Editions and their details come from Open Library, as its contributors recorded them. Publisher names are shown as recorded. See this book on Open Library(opens Open Library)