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Ballard’s Shanghai and Empire of the Sun’s 30th Anniversary

Posted: July 2nd, 2014 | No Comments »

As this is the 30th anniversary of JG Ballard’s Empire of the Sun and the Wall Street Journal recently ran a piece on Ballard’s Shanghai, a reprise of some previous Ballard and Ballard’s Shanghai China Rhyming posts here that may be of interest….

A series exploring Columbia Road (Ballard’s old street- now Panyu Road), Columbia Circle and Amherst Road (Xinhua Road) in Western Shanghai….

Hudec’s House

Amherst Road’s old garages

Lane 215 Columbia Road

the old Bank of China Club

The Xinhua Guest House

The Baron’s House – Columbia Circle

Columbia Circle’s blueprints

And…

Ballard on the Park Hotel, Bubbling Well Road (Nanjing West Road)

The Old Lunghua Airfield

Empire of the Sun covers over the years

Why Empire of the Sun was Important

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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