An edition of Empire of the Sun (1984)

Empire of the Sun

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An edition of Empire of the Sun (1984)

Empire of the Sun

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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Language
English
Pages
288

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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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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."

Classifications

Library of Congress
PR6052.A46 E45 2005, PR6015.I3

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
288
Dimensions
8.2 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
Weight
0.8 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7948103M
Internet Archive
empiresun00ball_619
ISBN 10
0743265238
ISBN 13
9780743265232
LCCN
2005278651
OCLC/WorldCat
58432359
Library Thing
7150
Goodreads
56674

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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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