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 2
High Rise 1
High-Rise (novel) 1

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instanceOf dystopian novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptationDirector Ben Wheatley ⓘ
adaptationLeadActor Tom Hiddleston ⓘ
adaptationReleaseYear 2015 ⓘ
adaptationScreenwriter Amy Jump ⓘ
adaptationType feature film ⓘ
author J. G. Ballard ⓘ
buildingStructure 40-storey tower block ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
explores breakdown of social order ⓘ
hierarchical class structure ⓘ
violence among residents ⓘ
followedBy The Unlimited Dream Company ⓘ
genre dystopian fiction ⓘ
satire ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation High-Rise (2015 film) ⓘ
hasISBN 0-224-01035-1 ⓘ
literaryMovement New Wave science fiction ⓘ
mainCharacter Anthony Royal ⓘ
Richard Wilder ⓘ
Robert Laing ⓘ
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 ⓘ
precededBy Concrete Island ⓘ
publicationYear 1975 ⓘ
publisher Jonathan Cape ⓘ
setting London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

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 (novel) ⓘ
linked to: High-Rise
Concrete Island → relatedWork → High-Rise ⓘ
Witching Hour → hasPart → High Rise ⓘ
linked to: High-Rise