{"product_id":"9780007221523","title":"Empire of the Sun","description":"Author: Ballard, J G\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780007221523\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2006\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 198mm x 132mm x 23mm\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003eThe classic, heartrending story of a British boy’s four year ordeal in a Japanese prison camp during the Second World War. Newly reissued with an introduction by John Lanchester.\u003cbr\u003e\n 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.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nRooted 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.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis edition is part of a new commemorative series of Ballard’s works, featuring introductions from a number of his admirers (including Adam Thirlwell, Hari Kunzru, James Lever and Ali Smith) and brand-new cover designs from the artist Stanley Donwood.","brand":"Contact us for shipping time estimate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42540421054622,"sku":"HPC-9780007221523","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/products\/9780007221523.jpg?v=1681258180","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780007221523","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}