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Jul 17, 2021 · The kindness of women. The sequel to "Empire of the Sun", this story follows the travels of Jim, as he leaves Shanghai after the war and tries to settle firstly in England and then Canada. Shattered by personal tragedy, he throws himself into the maelstrom of the 1960s, searching for peace of mind.
The kindness of women. by. Ballard, J. G. (James Graham), 1930-. Publication date. 1994. Topics. Literature, Modern, English fiction. Publisher. London : Flamingo.
Jun 21, 2012 · The Kindness of Women continues the story of Jim, the young boy whose experiences in Japanese-occupied Shanghai were described in Empire of the Sun. It follows his return to post-war...
The Kindness of Women is a 1991 novel by British author J. G. Ballard, a sequel to his 1984 novel Empire of the Sun. The Kindness of Women drew on the author's boyhood in Shanghai during World War II, presenting a lightly fictionalized treatment of Ballard's life from Shanghai through to adulthood in England, culminating with an account of the ...
- J. G. Ballard
- 1991
ISBN. 0002237717. Author. J G Ballard. Narrator. David Neal. Publisher. RNIB. Share. Subjects. Fiction Literature. Find this title in Libby, the library reading app by OverDrive. Search for a digital library with this title. Search by city, ZIP code, or library name. Learn more about precise location detection. Title found at these libraries:
In this sequel to his award-winning Empire of the Sun, young James returns to England at the end of World War II. He stumbles through medical study at Cambridge, trains briefly as an RAF pilot in Canada, and marries.
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Ballard here writes a brilliant hybrid of autobiography and fiction. The sequel to The Empire of the Sun, this work puts his earlier account of a boy’s experiences in occupied Shanghai in the context of a lifetime.
