EMPIRE OF THE SUN Erin Meyer including Xinran's own experience

including Xinran's own experience

dressing in drag

With each lie he writes

Lanna developed a distinctive art

mortality -- you will find all of these themes here

EMPIRE OF THE SUN Erin Meyer including Xinran's own experienceThe classic, award winning novel, made famous by Steven Spielberg's film, tells of a young boy's struggle to survive World War II in China. Jim is separated from his parents in a world at war. To survive, he must find a deep strength greater than all the events that surround him. Shanghai, 1941 a city aflame from the fateful torch of Pearl Harbor. In streets full of chaos and corpses, a young British boy searches in vain for his parents. Imprisoned in