Record Number |
737795 |
ISBN |
9780007221523 (paperback) |
Author |
Ballard, J. G., 1930-2009 author. |
Title |
Empire of the sun / J.G. Ballard. |
Publisher/Date |
London : Harper Perennial, 2006. |
Pagination etc. |
351, 32 pages : map ; 20 cm. |
Series |
Harper Perennial modern classics |
Contents note |
Originally published: London : Gollancz, 1984. |
Summary Note |
Based on JG Ballard’s own childhood, Empire of the Sun is the extraordinary account of a boy’s life in Japanese occupied wartime Shanghai a mesmerizing and hypnotically compelling novel of war, of starvation and survival, of internment camps and death marches, which blends searing honesty with an almost hallucinatory vision of a world thrown utterly out of joint. |
Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- China -- Shanghai -- Fiction |
Boys -- Fiction |
Shanghai (China) -- Fiction |
Historical fiction. |
Shelf Location |
F BALL |