Empire of the Sun & The Kindness of Women by J.G. Ballard

ISBN: 9780007777747 / 0007777744 - Empire of the Sun & The Kindness of Women by J.G. Ballard. Published by Harper Perennial, 1991. Softcover. Used, Very Good condition. 348 pp.

Empire of the Sun is a semi-autobiographical account of a young boy's experiences in Shanghai during the Second Sino-Japanese War as it came to be occupied by the Japanese Imperial Army. Described as "The best British novel about the Second World War" by The Guardian, the story was adapted into a 1987 film by Steven Spielberg.

In the sequel, The Kindness of Women, young James returns to England at the end of World War II. He stumbles through medical study at Cambridge, trains briefly as an RAF pilot in Canada, and marries. When his wife dies suddenly, Jim is thrust into the violence and sexual promiscuity of the sixties. Penetrating and wise, J. G. Ballard's biting social commentary and pushing of boundaries make this semi-autobiographical novel a small classic.

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