Empire of the Sun
by:
J.G. Ballard (author)
From the creators of the movie tie-in blockbusteries, The Color Purple, comes the most certain money-making event of this winter. Empire of the Sun is the story of a young boy in Shanghai who witnesses the outbreak of World War II and the bombing of Nagasaki.
From the creators of the movie tie-in blockbusteries, The Color Purple, comes the most certain money-making event of this winter. Empire of the Sun is the story of a young boy in Shanghai who witnesses the outbreak of World War II and the bombing of Nagasaki.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781476737539 (1476737533)
Publish date: March 19th 2013
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
History,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
War,
Asia,
World War II,
Japan,
China
Hmm, three or four stars? This was good, but I don't think I'll read it again. On the other hand, that particular feeling does not say that this was a mediocre book. But that personal gut reaction is what I tend to use for star ratings - four stars means I would like to or wouldn't mind reading it a...
for decades Ballard made his name with surrealistic, apocalyptic science fiction, supporting his widower's family, to culminate in the hypnotic 'Crash,' but perhaps never achieving true mainstream attention until 'Empire of the Sun,' a memoir about three years in Shanghai internment center under the...
Startling & moving. Also rather stunned that it's semi-autobiographical. Will write more detailed review once I have had time to digest.
Author J.G. Ballard was a British schoolboy living in Shanghai during WWII. He was placed with his family in a Japanese civilian prison camp after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. His novel, Empire of the Sun is based on his experiences. The book is told through the eyes of British schoolboy Jim and ...
This is one of those awesome books that, besides having a great plot and complex main characters, have dozens of side stories to tell on every page. It just makes my head spin to think of all those lives..
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