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Empire of the Sun

Paperback • 2012 • English

Empire of the Sun

By J.G. Ballard

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‘Extraordinary’ Angela Carter ‘One of the great war novels of the 20th century’ William Boyd ‘A remarkable journey’ Sunday Times The heartrending story of a British boy’s four year ordeal in a Japanese prison camp during the Second World War. Like everything else since the war, the sky was in a state of change Based on J. G. Ballard’s own childhood, this is the extraordinary account of a boy’s life in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. Trapped in a prison camp and separated from his parents, J...Show more

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ISBN

9780007221523

Published year

2012

Language

English

Original title

Empire of the Sun

Format

Paperback

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