by J. G. Ballard · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429725773
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«L'imperi del sol» is the novel by J. G. Ballard, published by Edicions 62 in paperback (272 pages, in Catalan).
The novel, inspired by Ballard's childhood in Shanghai, follows an English boy who, separated from his parents during the Japanese occupation, must survive in an internment camp. Between horror and childish fascination, it portrays war, hunger and the loss of innocence.
First instalment of the Empire of the Sun series, novel originally published in 1984. This Catalan edition, translated by Carles Boluda i Totella, belongs to the El Balancí collection (no. 192).
A title for readers of historical fiction and the Second World War, with an interest in autobiographical works and the childhood experience of conflicts.
James Graham Ballard was an English novelist and short-story writer, satirist and essayist known for psychologically provocative works of fiction that explore the relations between human psychology, technology, sex and mass media. Ballard first became associated with New Wave science fiction for post-apocalyptic novels such as The Drowned World (1962). He later courted controversy with the short-story collection The Atrocity Exhibition (1970), which includes the 1968 story "Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan", and later the novel Crash (1973), a story about car-crash fetishists.
