The Nation, January 26th, 1985
J.G. Ballard's name carries cult status in Britain, where he occupies the turbulent void between science fiction and the literary avant-garde, a dim region also inhabited by his mentor, William Burroughs. He is famous for the icy and macabre notions formulated in novels like Crash, High-Rise and The Drowned World.
Ballard describes Empire of the Sun as "an eyewitness account of events I observed during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai and within the camp at Lungha," where he was interned with his parents at a tender age. It is a curious contribution to the literature of survival, and an ...
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