The Kindness of Women

The Kindness of Women

infobox Book |
name = The Kindness of Women
title_orig =
translator =


image_caption = Cover of first edition (hardcover)
author = J. G. Ballard
illustrator =
cover_artist =
country = United Kingdom
language = English
series =
genre = Semi-autobiographical novel
publisher = HarperCollins
release_date = 1991
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
pages = 286 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-002-23750-4
preceded_by = Empire of the Sun
followed_by =

"The Kindness of Women" is a 1991 novel by British author J.G. Ballard. A sequel to his 1984 novel "Empire of the Sun", which drew on the author's boyhood in Shanghai during World War II, "The Kindness of Women" presents a lightly fictionalized treatment of Ballard's life from Shanghai through to adulthood in England. It culminates in the late 1980s with the making of Steven Spielberg's movie based on "Empire of the Sun". A non-fiction account of the same experiences can be found in Ballard's autiobiography, "Miracles of Life".

It was first published in the UK by HarperCollins and in the U.S. by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Plot introduction

"The Kindness of Women" is semi-autobiographical, and discusses Jim's departure from China, where he had been born and had been interned, to visit England, other parts of Europe and the USA.

Ballard has declared that the book is the story of his life "seen through the mirror of the fiction prompted by that life".

External links

* [http://www.rickmcgrath.com/jgb.html The Terminal Collection: JG Ballard First Editions]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • The Kindness Offensive — (also known as TKO) is a group based in North London, England, which is renowned for practicing large scale random acts of kindness for unsuspecting members of the public. The stated purpose of The Kindness Offensive is to ‘Practice random… …   Wikipedia

  • The Kindness of Strangers (Heroes) — Infobox Television episode Caption= Maya and Alejandro find Sylar. Title= The Kindness of Strangers Series=Heroes Season=2 Episode=4 Airdate= 15 October, 2007 Production=204 Writer= Tim Kring Director=Adam Kane Guests=Cristine Rose Ashley Crow… …   Wikipedia

  • The Concentration City — is a dystopian short story by British author J. G. Ballard, first published, under the title Build Up in New Worlds volume 19 number 55 in January 1957. It was reprinted in the collections Billennium and Chronopolis and later, under its revised… …   Wikipedia

  • Women in Islam — The complex relationship between women and Islam is defined by both Islamic texts and the history and culture of the Muslim world.Haddad and Esposito, pp. xii] Sharia (Islamic law) provides for differences between women s and men s roles, rights …   Wikipedia

  • The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex —   …   Wikipedia

  • The Sacrament of Penance —     The Sacrament of Penance     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Sacrament of Penance     Penance is a sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ in which forgiveness of sins committed after baptism is granted through the priest s absolution to… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • The Spook's Sacrifice —   …   Wikipedia

  • The Women's Conference — Reinvented by Shriver, The Women’s Conference has reportedly become the largest meeting of women in the country [Maria Shriver s Job, http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la ed women26oct26,0,7619448.story?coll=la opinion leftrail] and a… …   Wikipedia

  • The Bridal Party — written by Fitzfan“The Bridal Party” (which was featured in the Saturday Evening Post, August 9, 1930) is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Based on Ludlow Fowler’s brother’s, Powell Fowler, May 1930 Paris wedding, it is Fitzgerald’s… …   Wikipedia

  • The Idler (1758–1760) — This article is about the 18th century series of essays. For other publications called The Idler, see The Idler (disambiguation). The Idler was a series of 103 essays, all but twelve of them by Samuel Johnson, published in the London weekly the… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”