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2178353Empire of the Sunhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/bb6cb3dc-2502-4d8b-ac7d-65969e0b7641/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1874031/8996d3d3-82f6-4833-ab91-85b2b449800b.jpg?v=6384911154353700009393MXNHarperCollins PublishersInStock/Ebooks/<p>Extraordinary Angela Carter One of the great war novels of the 20th century William Boyd A remarkable journey <em>Sunday Times</em></p><p><strong>The heartrending story of a British boys four year ordeal in a Japanese prison camp during the Second World War.</strong></p><p><em>Like everything else since the war, the sky was in a state of change</em></p><p>Based on J. G. Ballards own childhood, this is the extraordinary account of a boys life in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. Trapped in a prison camp and separated from his parents, Jim is witness to the death, starvation and chaos of the Second World War. His story is a mesmerising vision of a world thrown utterly out of joint.</p><p>Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and shortlisted for the Booker, <em>Empire of the Sun</em> is an astounding, hypnotically compelling novel by which the twentieth century will be not only remembered, but judged.</p><p><strong>Gripping and remarkable I have never read a novel which gave me a stronger sense of the blind helplessness of war unforgettable <em>Observer</em></strong></p><p><strong>A brilliant fusion of history, autobiography and imaginative speculation. An incredible literary achievement and almost intolerably moving Anthony Burgess</strong></p>...2072452Empire of the Sun9393https://www.gandhi.com.mx/bb6cb3dc-2502-4d8b-ac7d-65969e0b7641/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1874031/8996d3d3-82f6-4833-ab91-85b2b449800b.jpg?v=638491115435370000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20129780007283132_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_<p>Extraordinary Angela Carter One of the great war novels of the 20th century William Boyd A remarkable journey <em>Sunday Times</em></p><p><strong>The heartrending story of a British boys four year ordeal in a Japanese prison camp during the Second World War.</strong></p><p><em>Like everything else since the war, the sky was in a state of change</em></p><p>Based on J. G. Ballards own childhood, this is the extraordinary account of a boys life in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. Trapped in a prison camp and separated from his parents, Jim is witness to the death, starvation and chaos of the Second World War. His story is a mesmerising vision of a world thrown utterly out of joint.</p><p>Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and shortlisted for the Booker, <em>Empire of the Sun</em> is an astounding, hypnotically compelling novel by which the twentieth century will be not only remembered, but judged.</p><p><strong>Gripping and remarkable I have never read a novel which gave me a stronger sense of the blind helplessness of war unforgettable <em>Observer</em></strong></p><p><strong>A brilliant fusion of history, autobiography and imaginative speculation. An incredible literary achievement and almost intolerably moving Anthony Burgess</strong></p>...9780007283132_HarperCollins Publisherslibro_electonico_bb6cb3dc-2502-4d8b-ac7d-65969e0b7641_9780007283132;9780007283132_9780007283132J. G.InglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/harpercollinsuk-epub-39a59bba-0cb5-4a3d-abef-4a9ac24c2770.epub2012-06-28T00:00:00+00:00HarperCollins Publishers