| Descript |
348 p. ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN |
000654701X |
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This elegantly structured sequel to Empire of the Sun begins again with a boy's traumatic experiences in Japanese-occupied Shanghai and ends some 40 years later with his viewing a film based on his novel about those experiences. Before this "last act in a profound catharsis," however, the narrator Jim stumbles through medical study at Cambridge, trains briefly as an RAF pilot in Canada, marries, and suffers domestic tragedy. Jim both documents and participates in the violence and excess of the 1960s, but at various moments of crisis he is fortunate enough to experience the redemptive love of women. With penetrating topical commentary and abiding wisdom, this well-crafted novel should enjoy wide appeal. |
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Fiction.
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War stories.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
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Shanghai (China) -- History -- Fiction.
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