Empire of the Sun
by J. G. Ballard
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Author: J. G. BallardEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-03-01
ISBN: 0743265238
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Book Review: Transcendent
Summary: 5 Stars
Upon its publication, EMPIRE OF THE SUN alerted a wider audience to something those of us who had been reading Ballard for years already knew -- that J.G. Ballard is one of the major authors of our time. It's a pleasure to re-read EMPIRE in 2009, (the novel's twenty-fifth anniversary) and discover it remains as hauntingly dream-like and vivid as ever.
The movie always struck me as an unfortunate misfire -- Spielberg, who is all about surface and texture, trying and failing to interpret Ballard, who's all about understatement and "inner space." I never have a desire to go back to the movie, but I could read EMPIRE again and again, and I never hesitate to recommend it to family and friends.
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