Empire of the Sun - by J G Ballard (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>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.</b> <p/>Jim is separated from his parents in a world at war. To survive, he must find a strength greater than all the events that surround him. <p/>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. <p/>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A profound and moving work of the imagination.<br> -- <i>Los Angeles Times Book Review</i><br><br>An incredible literary achievement....Brilliant.<br> -- Anthony Burgess<br><br>An outstanding novel...a classic adventure story.<br> -- <i>The New York Times</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>J.G. Ballard (1930-2009) was the author of numerous books, including <i>Concrete Island</i>, <i>The Kindness of Women</i>, and <i>Crash</i>. He is revered as one of the most important writers of fiction to address the consequences of twentieth-century technology.
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