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An edition of Empire of the Sun (1984)

Empire of the Sun

a novel

by

  • ★★★ ★ 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
Simon and Schuster
Language
English
Pages
279

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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

Places

Shanghai (China), Shanghai, China

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1984, Simon and Schuster
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Edition Notes

Sequel: The kindness of women.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.914
Library of Congress
PR6052.A46 E45 1984

The Physical Object

Pagination
279 p. ;
Number of pages
279

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL2848445M
Internet Archive
empireofsunnovel00ball
ISBN 10
0671530518
LCCN
84010630
OCLC/WorldCat
10850755
Library Thing
7150
Goodreads
534946

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL261889W

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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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