Empire of the Sun

Name: Empire of the Sun
Author: J.G. Ballard

by J.G. Ballard

Boy's coming of age during Japanese occupation internment in Shanghai

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J.G. Ballard

J.G. Ballard was a British author whose apocalyptic and psychologically intense science fiction explored the intersection of technology, violence, and desire in contemporary society. The Drowned World and Crash are among his most celebrated works. His autobiographical novel Empire of the Sun brought him mainstream literary recognition.

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CrashCouple's obsession with car crashes as sexual metaphor in near-future dystopia
The Drowned WorldWorld gradually submerged in water forces humans to adapt and flee northward
The Crystal WorldCrystallizing jungle becomes prison for expeditionary team exploring dark continent
Cocaine NightsHedonistic resort community's facade masks violence and decay beneath surface
High-RiseResidents of high-rise apartment tower descend into tribal violence and madness
The Atrocity ExhibitionFragmentary collage of violence and spectacle imagining catastrophic twentieth-century disasters