Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard
The classic, heartrending story of a British boy's four year ordeal in a Japanese prison camp during the Second World War
Based on J. G. Ballard's own childhood, this is the extraordinary account of a boy's life in Japanese-occupied wartime Shanghai - a mesmerising, hypnotically compelling novel of war, of starvation and survival, of internment camps and death marches. It blends searing honesty with an almost hallucinatory vision of a world thrown utterly out of joint.
Rooted as it is in the author's own disturbing experience of war in our time, it is one of a handful of novels by which the twentieth century will be not only remembered but judged.
Format: Paperback | 351 pages
Dimensions (cm): 17.7 x 11.1 x 2.3 | 292g -
Publication Date: 1985
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: Grafton
Publication City/Country: London, United States
Language: English
ISBN10: 0586064303
ISBN13: 9780586064306
Condition: Good
A vintage book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including minor scuff marks and creasing along the edges, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing, but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. No missing pages.