An edition of Empire of the Sun (1984)

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An edition of Empire of the Sun (1984)

Empire of the Sun

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A fictionalized account of the author's experiences as a boy in Shanghai, China, during the Second World War, and in Lunghua C.A.C. (Civilian Assembly Centre), where he was interned from 1942 to 1945.

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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Language
English
Pages
288

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Previews available in: Chinese English

Subjects

Fiction, World War, 1939-1945, Boys, History, Bildungsromans, Engels, British, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Shanghai (china), fiction, Fiction, historical, Fiction, media tie-in, Garçons, Romans, nouvelles, Chang pian xiao shuo, Fiction, war & military, China, fiction, World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924

Places

Shanghai (China), Shanghai, China

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Tai yang di guo
2007, Shanghai yi wen chu ban she
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Empire of the Sun
February 20, 2006, Harper Perennial
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Empire of the Sun
March 1, 2005, Simon & Schuster
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Empire of the Sun
September 12, 1994, Flamingo, Harpercollins Pub Ltd
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Empire of the sun
1991, V. Gollancz, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English
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Empire of the Sun: a novel
1984, Simon and Schuster
in English

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Book Details

First Sentence

"WARS CAME EARLY to Shanghai, overtaking each other like the tides that raced up the Yangtze and returned to this gaudy city all the coffins cast adrift from the funeral piers of the Chinese Bund."

Classifications

Library of Congress
PR6052.A46 E45 2005, PR6015.I3

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
288
Dimensions
8.2 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
Weight
0.8 ounces

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL7948103M
ISBN 10
0743265238
ISBN 13
9780743265232
LCCN
2005278651
OCLC/WorldCat
58432359
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7150
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56674

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Work ID
OL261889W

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WARS CAME EARLY to Shanghai, overtaking each other like the tides that raced up the Yangtze and returned to this gaudy city all the coffins cast adrift from the funeral piers of the Chinese Bund.
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