I am currently writing an article on Shanghai (or the transformation of Chinese cities from Communism to Post-Socialism) and while doing so I became aware of J.G. Ballard's intrinsic relationship with the city. I googled further and so the motivation for writing his "Empire of the Sun" unravelled.
Enjoy this BBC documentary which I found on Youtube about the writers experience of returning to Shanghai, after having left the city in 1946.
Enjoy this BBC documentary which I found on Youtube about the writers experience of returning to Shanghai, after having left the city in 1946.
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You can read the whole story of my two-year quest to visit JGB's Shanghai home, see a vid of his house, now a restaurant, plus photos of Lunghua Camp and Ballardian Shanghai here:
http://www.rickmcgrath.com/jgballard/jgb_shanghai_home.html
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