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J.G. Ballard

UK · War in China — autobiographical fiction

About

British novelist born in Shanghai, who as a boy was interned by the Japanese at Lunghua camp. Empire of the Sun is drawn from that experience.

Books in Database (1)

Empire of the Sun cover
Empire of the Sun 1984 · 351 pages

A British boy comes of age in a Japanese internment camp outside Shanghai — drawn from Ballard's own childhood.

Historical Fiction

Events Covered

1937 Japan Invades China