{"product_id":"9780008555368-empire-of-the-sun","title":"Empire of the Sun","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience – classics which will endure for generations to come.\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience – classics which will endure for generations to come.\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e            \u003cem\u003eLike everything else since the war, the sky was in a state of change\u003c\/em\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eBased on J. G. Ballard’s own childhood, this is the extraordinary account of a boy’s 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.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eWinner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and shortlisted for the Booker, \u003cem\u003eEmpire of the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e is an astounding, hypnotically compelling novel by which the twentieth century will be not only remembered, but judged.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003e‘Remarkable … form, content and style fuse with complete success … one of the great war novels of the 20th century’ William Boyd\u003c\/strong\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449619100022,"sku":"9780008555368","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27981054.jpg?v=1760446170","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780008555368-empire-of-the-sun","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}