Empire of the Sun

The classic, heartrending story of a British boy's four year ordeal in a Japanese prison camp during the Second World War. Newly reissued with an introduction by John Lanchester. Based on J. G. Ballard's own childhood, this is the extraordinary account of a boy's life in Japanese-occupied wartime Shanghai - a mesmerising, hypnotically compelling novel of war, of starvation and survival, of internment camps and death marches. It blends searing honesty with an almost hallucinatory vision of a world thrown utterly ... Read More

The classic, heartrending story of a British boy's four year ordeal in a Japanese prison camp during the Second World War. Newly reissued with an introduction by John Lanchester. Based on J. G. Ballard's own childhood, this is the extraordinary account of a boy's life in Japanese-occupied wartime Shanghai - a mesmerising, hypnotically compelling novel of war, of starvation and survival, of internment camps and death marches. It blends searing honesty with an almost hallucinatory vision of a world thrown utterly out of joint. Rooted as it is in the author's own disturbing experience of war in our time, it is one of a handful of novels by which the twentieth century will be not only remembered but judged. This edition is part of a new commemorative series of Ballard's works, featuring introductions from a number of his admirers (including Zadie Smith, Rivka Galchen, Hari Kunzru and Martin Amis) and brand-new cover designs from the artist Stanley Donwood. Read Less

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• Hardcover, Very Good 1984, Victor Gollancz ISBN-13: 9780575034839 See Item Details ▾

  Outrider Book Gallery BEST Vashon, WA, USA

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  	Edition: 1984, Victor Gollancz Hardcover, Very Good	Details: ISBN: 0575034831 ISBN-13: 9780575034839 Edition: Fourth Impression 1984 Publisher: Victor Gollancz Published: 1984 Language: English Alibris ID: 14632442209	Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: $3.99 Trackable Expedited: $7.99 Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
  Seller's Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Price clipped. Spine is slightly tilted. Previous owner's inscription on back endpaper. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 278 pg. Audience: General/trade. Binding is strong with clean text. A solid reader copy. Fourth Impression 1984.
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• Paperback, Very Good 1984, Victor Gollancz ISBN-13: 9780575034839 See Item Details ▾

  Between the Covers-Rare Books HIGH Gloucester City, NJ, USA

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  	Edition: 1984, Victor Gollancz Paperback, Very Good	Details: ISBN: 0575034831 ISBN-13: 9780575034839 Publisher: Victor Gollancz Published: 1984 Language: English Alibris ID: 15365122694	Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: $3.99 Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
  Seller's Description: Very Good. Uncorrected proof. Wrappers. Slight curling with some toning else very good. Signed by the author. Basis for the 1987 film starring Christian Bale, John Malkovich and Miranda Richardson.
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• Hardcover, Very Good 1984, Victor Gollancz See Item Details ▾

  BERT BABCOCK - BOOKSELLER, LLC BEST Derry, NH, USA

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  	Edition: 1984, Victor Gollancz Hardcover, Very Good	Details: Edition: First Edition / First Printing Publisher: Victor Gollancz Published: 1984 Alibris ID: 15362116295	Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: $3.99 Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
  Seller's Description: Very good copy in dust-jacketj with the letter laid in. (with Autographed Letter Signed-A.L.S. ) First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. A Novel. Basis for the film directed by Stephen Spielberg. 8vo cloth. Laid in is a folded AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED (A.L.S. ) by Ballard. Interesting short letter in which Ballard conveys his optimism for "the novel's survival against all the apparent odds."
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  Raptis Rare Books, ABAA, ILAB BEST Palm Beach, FL, USA

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  	Edition: Victor Gollanz Hardcover, Fair	Details: Publisher: Victor Gollanz Alibris ID: 15734606894	Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: $3.99 Trackable Expedited: $7.99 Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
  Seller's Description: First edition of the author's classic novel which was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by J.G. Ballard and by Steven Spielberg on the title page. Spielberg was the director of the 1987 film bearing the same name. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Pat Doyle. The Empire of the Sun was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Like Ballard's earlier short story "The Dead Time" (published in the anthology Myths of the Near Future), it is essentially fiction but draws extensively on Ballard's experiences in World War II. The name of the novel is derived from the etymology of the name for Japan. It was adapted by Tom Stoppard in 1987. The screenplay was filmed by Steven Spielberg, to critical acclaim, being nominated for six Oscars and winning three British Academy Awards (for cinematography, music and sound). It starred a then 13-year-old Christian Bale, as well as John Malkovich and Miranda Richardson.
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