Empire of the Sun
of J.G. Ballard
Series: Empire of the Sun #1
Description
The classic, award-winning novel, made famous by Steven Spielberg's film, tells of a young boy's struggle to survive World War II in China.Jim is separated from his parents in a world at war. To survive, he must find a deep strength greater than all the events that surround him.Shanghai, 1941 -- a city aflame from the fateful torch of Pearl Harbor. In streets full of chaos and corpses, a young British boy searches in vain for his parents. Imprisoned in a Japanese concentration camp, he is witness to the fierce white flash of Nagasaki, as the bomb bellows the end of the war...and the dawn of a blighted world.Ballard's enduring novel of war and deprivation, internment camps and death marches, and starvation and survival is an honest coming-of-age tale set in a world thrown utterly out of joint.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 351 pages
- Publisher PANTHER Granada Publishing
- Publication Date January 1st 1985
- First Publication 10/28/84
- Language English
- ISBN 9780743265232
- Edition Special Overseas Edition
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Shanghai (China)']
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