Concrete Island

1974 novel by J. G. Ballard
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Concrete Island

Summary

Concrete Island is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (200 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Concrete Island authored J. G. Ballard[3].
  • Concrete Island's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • Concrete Island was published by Jonathan Cape[5].
  • Concrete Island followed Crash[6].
  • Concrete Island was followed by High-Rise[7].
  • Concrete Island's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Concrete Island's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[9].
  • Concrete Island was released on +1974-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Concrete Island's has edition or translation is recorded as Concrete Island[11].
  • Concrete Island's narrative location is recorded as London[12].
  • Concrete Island's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Concrete Island'}[13].
  • Concrete Island's form of creative work is recorded as novel[14].

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Designation and Status

Concrete Island's instance of is recorded as written work[4].

Why It Matters

Concrete Island ranks in the top 6% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (200 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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