Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard Paperback Book

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Rent Empire of the Sun

Author: J. G. Ballard

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Published: Mar 2005

Genre: Fiction - General

Retail Price: $18.99

Pages: 279

Synopsis

In this highly autobiographical novel, the protagonist, a boy named Jim, is interred in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in China during World War II--separated from his parents, and forced to struggle for survival in an alien world. The story culminates in the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

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