Empire of the Sun

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J. G. Ballard: Empire of the Sun (1984, Simon and Schuster)

375 pages

English language

Published 1984 by Simon and Schuster.

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A fictionalized account of the author's experiences as a boy in Shanghai, China, during the Second World War, and in Lunghua C.A.C. (Civilian Assembly Centre), where he was interned from 1942 to 1945.

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Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
  • Shanghai (China) -- History -- Fiction.