Description
In the opulent, war-torn Shanghai of 1941, eleven-year-old Jim Graham finds his privileged life shattered when he is separated from his parents amidst the Japanese invasion. Thrown into the harsh realities of the Lunghua Civilian Assembly Center, a Japanese prison camp, Jim must navigate a world of scarcity, danger, and shifting alliances. This powerful coming-of-age story explores themes of survival, the loss of innocence, and the resilience of the human spirit in the face of unimaginable adversity. Ballard's evocative prose paints a vivid picture of a boy's transformation from a naive child into a resourceful survivor, forever marked by his experiences in the 'empire of the sun.'
Available Editions
paperback
Simon and Schuster
Published Mar 7, 2005
294 pages
ISBN: 9780743265232
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Details
First Published
1984
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard.