Empire of the Sun (Abridged)
Jim 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.
Shanghai, 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.
Ballard'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.
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Empire of the Sun (Abridged)
Jim 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.
Shanghai, 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.
Ballard'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.
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Empire of the Sun (Abridged)

Empire of the Sun (Abridged)

by J. G. Ballard

Narrated by Jeremy Irons

Abridged — 3 hours, 8 minutes

Empire of the Sun (Abridged)

Empire of the Sun (Abridged)

by J. G. Ballard

Narrated by Jeremy Irons

Abridged — 3 hours, 8 minutes

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Overview

Jim 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.
Shanghai, 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.
Ballard'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.

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That Dark Remembered Day is a fine achievement. One vividly imagined and intensely realised scene follows another, each one ratcheting the tension, as we are led back through time, and deeper into Stephen's memories . . . Makes you want to elbow the stranger next to you on the train and say: "Read that. Just read it."

Tom Vowler is an author to watch out for; a writer, if there is any justice in the world, who is going places—www.crimesquad.com

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Intelligent, absorbing and beautifully done

Compelling and beautifully constructed - it deserves to be widely read

A rewarding, if disturbing read—www.literatureworks.org.uk

A compelling story about damage done, a touching exploration of the possibility of forgiveness and recovery

That Dark Remembered Day is one of the most absorbing novels I've read in years. Brilliantly crafted, impeccably researched . . . Written in Vowler's beautifully cadenced, poised style, I was, appropriately, captivated

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Product Details

BN ID: 2940171119966
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 11/15/2019
Edition description: Abridged
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