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