Record Number |
846839 |
ISBN |
9780007283132 |
Author |
Ballard, J. G., 1930-2009 author. |
Title |
Empire of the sun [electronic resource] / J.G. Ballard. |
Publisher/Date |
[London] : Fourth Estate, 2014. |
Pagination etc. |
1 online resource. |
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. |
Electronic books. |
Internet Site |
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