{"product_id":"empire-of-the-sun-j-g-ballard-9780743265232","title":"Empire of the Sun","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe classic, award-winning novel, made famous by Steven Spielberg's film, tells of a young boy's struggle to survive World War II in China.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJim is separated from his parents in a world at war. To survive, he must find a strength greater than all the events that surround him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShanghai, 1941--a city aflame from the fateful torch of Pearl Harbor. In streets full of chaos and corpses, a young British boy searches in vain for his parents. Imprisoned in a Japanese concentration camp, he is witness to the fierce white flash of Nagasaki, as the bomb bellows the end of the war...and the dawn of a blighted world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBallard's enduring novel of war and deprivation, internment camps and death marches, and starvation and survival is an honest coming-of-age tale set in a world thrown utterly out of joint.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. G. Ballard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0743265238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743265232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/07\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.42h x 5.48w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2005 pg. 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2005 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/04\/2009 pg. 20","brand":"J. G. Ballard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049899389183,"sku":"9780743265232","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_524dd4a1-c280-435b-9cd5-024242eaafd3.jpg?v=1685004048","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/empire-of-the-sun-j-g-ballard-9780743265232","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}