The Bridge Over the River Kwai
Author: Boulle, Pierre
ISBN: 9780891419136
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Dec 2007
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
Now back in paperback, the true classic and the basis for the famous film.
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.
ISBN: 9780891419136
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Dec 2007
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
Now back in paperback, the true classic and the basis for the famous film.
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.
