Empire of the Sun. The Kindness of Women
24 hrs. 46 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Ballard James
Author
Ballard James
Narrator
Maxim Ushakov
Narrator
Maxim Ushakov
Description
He survived the war as a child, and that became the inspiration for his unforgettable works. One of them paints a picture of ashy Shanghai and the horrors of the camps; another shows the postwar world filled with the explosive energy of the cultural revolution of the 60s. These are two novels by one author, telling of personal coming of age and an era.
In “Empire of the Sun,” the story begins with Jim, a boy who must face the terrible reality to survive.
Shanghai, 1941. Captured by the Japanese. Amid chaos and deaths, a young Briton desperately searches for his parents and tries to keep himself alive. In a concentration camp, he witnesses an atomic flash in Nagasaki—marking the end of the war and the beginning of a shattered world.
Steven Spielberg adapted the novel in 1987. The film received six Oscar nominations and three BAFTA awards. Christian Bale and John Malkovich played the leading roles.
“Empire of the Sun” continues in “The Sweetness of Women,” following Jim as he returns to postwar England and grows up.
Jim tries to leave the past behind and find inner peace. He studies medicine at Cambridge, but memories of the war bring him into the Royal Air Force, waiting for a new world war. Soon he gets swept up in the turbulent stream of the 60s’ cultural changes, trying to understand the West’s social shifts.
In “Empire of the Sun,” the story begins with Jim, a boy who must face the terrible reality to survive.
Shanghai, 1941. Captured by the Japanese. Amid chaos and deaths, a young Briton desperately searches for his parents and tries to keep himself alive. In a concentration camp, he witnesses an atomic flash in Nagasaki—marking the end of the war and the beginning of a shattered world.
Steven Spielberg adapted the novel in 1987. The film received six Oscar nominations and three BAFTA awards. Christian Bale and John Malkovich played the leading roles.
“Empire of the Sun” continues in “The Sweetness of Women,” following Jim as he returns to postwar England and grows up.
Jim tries to leave the past behind and find inner peace. He studies medicine at Cambridge, but memories of the war bring him into the Royal Air Force, waiting for a new world war. Soon he gets swept up in the turbulent stream of the 60s’ cultural changes, trying to understand the West’s social shifts.
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