High-Rise

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High-Rise is a dystopian novel by J. G. Ballard that explores the rapid social breakdown and violent class conflict within a luxury residential tower block.

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High-Rise canonical 1
High-Rise (novel) 1

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instanceOf dystopian novel
novel
adaptationDirector Ben Wheatley NERFINISHED
adaptationLeadActor Tom Hiddleston NERFINISHED
adaptationReleaseYear 2015
adaptationScreenwriter Amy Jump NERFINISHED
adaptationType feature film
author J. G. Ballard NERFINISHED
buildingStructure 40-storey tower block
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
explores breakdown of social order
hierarchical class structure
violence among residents
followedBy The Unlimited Dream Company NERFINISHED
genre dystopian fiction
satire
science fiction
hasAdaptation High-Rise (2015 film) NERFINISHED
hasISBN 0-224-01035-1
literaryMovement New Wave science fiction NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Anthony Royal NERFINISHED
Richard Wilder NERFINISHED
Robert Laing NERFINISHED
mediaType print
narrativePerspective third-person
notableFor allegorical treatment of class warfare
depiction of rapid social collapse in a confined space
originalLanguage English
pageCount 208
partOf J. G. Ballard bibliography NERFINISHED
precededBy Concrete Island NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1975
publisher Jonathan Cape NERFINISHED
setting London, England
surface form: London

luxury residential tower block
symbolizes modernist utopian architecture gone wrong
stratified class society
theme alienation
class conflict
consumerism
dehumanization
social breakdown
urban isolation
violence
timePeriodOfSetting late 20th century

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J. G. Ballard notableWork High-Rise
High-Rise (score) basedOn High-Rise
this entity surface form: High-Rise (novel)