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History influenced Empire of the Sun
Added by Media Influence Map · 30 September 2026
- World War II
- Imperial Japan
The evidence
The novel follows the Japanese occupation of Shanghai's International Settlement after Pearl Harbor, life in the internment camps and the war's end, as Ballard lived through them.
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