Empire Of The Sun Book Age Rating. Ballard later wrote of his experiences. Jim is separated from his parents in a world at war.
Ballard's autobiographical novel, tells the story of a boy, james graham, whose privileged life is upturned by the japanese invasion of shanghai, december 8, 1941. Like ballard's earlier short story the dead time, it is essentially fiction but draws extensively on ballard's experiences in world war ii. Its scope, narrative and elegant john williams score (his best imo) place this in more sophisticated company than spielberg's usual childhood fantasies.
Ballard later wrote of his experiences.
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