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The core identity is Traven, a name taken consciously from B. Traven, a writer I've always admired for his extreme reclusiveness — so completely at o… - J. G. Ballard
" "The core identity is Traven, a name taken consciously from B. Traven, a writer I've always admired for his extreme reclusiveness — so completely at odds with the logic of our own age, when even the concept of privacy is constructed from publicly circulating materials. It is now almost impossible to be ourselves except on the world's terms.
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About J. G. Ballard
James Graham Ballard (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009) was a British novelist and short story writer who was a prominent member of the New Wave in science fiction. Among his most famous books are the controversial Crash, High-Rise and the autobiographical novel Empire of the Sun, all of which have been adapted to film.
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