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Empire of the Sun

by J. G. Ballard

1984 279 pages eng ★ 4.1 (7 ratings)

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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