Miracles of LifeJ. G. Ballard was, for over fifty years, one of this country's most significant writers. Beginning with the events that inspired his classic novel, Empire of the Sun, this revelatory autobiography charts the course of his astonishing life. Miracles of Life takes us from the vibrant surroundings of pre war Shanghai, to the deprivations and unexpected freedoms of Lunghua Camp, to Ballards arrival in a devastated Britain. Ballard recounts his first