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The Bridge Over the River Kwai

The Bridge Over the River Kwai

by Pierre Boulle, Xan Fielding
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1942: Boldly advancing through Asia, the Japanese need a train route from Burma going north. In a prison camp, British POWs are forced into labor. The bridge they build will become a symbol of service and survival to one prisoner, Colonel Nicholson, a proud perfectionist. Pitted against the warden, Colonel Saito, Nicholson will nevertheless, out of a distorted sense of duty, aid his enemy. While on the outside, as the Allies race to destroy the bridge, Nicholson must decide which will be the first casualty: his patriotism or his pride.

Book Details

ISBN13 9780891419136
ISBN10 0891419136
Series/Work OL1319413W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher Presidio Press
Language ENG
Created At January 30, 2025
Updated At January 30, 2025
Last OL update January 18, 2025

Subjects

Burma Burma-Siam Railroad Burma-Siam Railroad in fiction Ficción Fiction Fiction, general Fiction, war & military French fiction Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945 Japanese Prisoners and prisons Japan, fiction Large type books Motion picture plays Siam Railroad World War, 1939-1945 World war, 1939-1945, fiction World War, 1939-1945 in fiction

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