{"product_id":"empire-of-the-sun","title":"Empire of the Sun","description":"\u003ch1\u003eEmpire of the Sun\u003c\/h1\u003eJ G Ballard\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003eMarch 7 2005\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780743265232\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0743265238\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cb\u003eThe \"profound and moving work of the imagination\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) that inspired the classic motion picture by Steven Spielberg, tells the epic story of a young boy's struggle to survive World War II in China.\u003c\/b\u003e \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\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67390971150381,"sku":"19913","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_23e0b0d8-38b2-4636-8071-c1768d1d313c.jpg?v=1787350021","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/empire-of-the-sun","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}