An edition of Empire of the Sun (1984)

Empire of the Sun (Charnwood Large Print)

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Empire of the Sun (Charnwood Large Print)
J. G. Ballard, J. G. Ballard
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An edition of Empire of the Sun (1984)

Empire of the Sun (Charnwood Large Print)

Large Prnt edition

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  • ★★★ ★ 3.8 (5 ratings) ·
  • 54 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 14 Have read

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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Publisher
Ulverscroft Large Print
Language
English
Pages
528

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Previews available in: Chinese English

Subjects

Fiction, World War, 1939-1945, Boys, History, Bildungsromans, Engels, British, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Shanghai (china), fiction, Fiction, historical, Fiction, media tie-in, Garçons, Romans, nouvelles, Chang pian xiao shuo, Fiction, war & military, China, fiction, World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924

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Shanghai (China), Shanghai, China

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Cover of: Tai yang di guo
Tai yang di guo
2007, Shanghai yi wen chu ban she
in Chinese - Di 1 ban
Cover of: Empire of the Sun
Empire of the Sun
February 20, 2006, Harper Perennial
Cover of: Empire of the Sun
Empire of the Sun
March 1, 2005, Simon & Schuster
Paperback in English
Cover of: Empire of the Sun
Empire of the Sun
September 12, 1994, Flamingo, Harpercollins Pub Ltd
Cover of: Empire of the sun
Empire of the sun
1991, V. Gollancz, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English
Cover of: Empire of the Sun (Charnwood Large Print)
Empire of the Sun (Charnwood Large Print)
July 1985, Ulverscroft Large Print
Hardcover in English - Large Prnt edition
Cover of: Empire of the Sun
Empire of the Sun: a novel
1984, Simon and Schuster
in English

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First Sentence

"WARS CAME EARLY to Shanghai, overtaking each other like the tides that raced up the Yangtze and returned to this gaudy city all the coffins cast adrift from the funeral piers of the Chinese Bund."

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
528

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL9327072M
ISBN 10
0708982700
ISBN 13
9780708982709
Goodreads
1930434

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WARS CAME EARLY to Shanghai, overtaking each other like the tides that raced up the Yangtze and returned to this gaudy city all the coffins cast adrift from the funeral piers of the Chinese Bund.
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