Empire of the Sun
by:
J.G. Ballard (author)
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780671530532 (0671530534)
Publisher: Washington Square Press
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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