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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 ...
- J. G. Ballard
- 1991
Dec 15, 1991 · The Kindness of Women. J.G. Ballard. 3.74. 1,377 ratings106 reviews. 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.
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The Kindness of Women. J. G. Ballard. Macmillan, 1991 - Fiction - 343 pages. In this sequel to his award-winning Empire of the Sun, young James returns to England at the end of World War II. He...
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.
Jan 1, 1991 · Women is a poignantly vivid account of Ballard's radically dislocated life in which the only constants have been an abiding love for his children and the variety of emotional and erotic consolations provided by a number of different, beautifully drawn women.
- J. G. Ballard
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...
Nov 27, 2007 · 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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- J. G. Ballard
