The bridge over the River Kwai / by Pierre Boulle ; translated by Xan Fielding.
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,...
Uniform Title: | Pont de la rivière Kwaï.
English Jack and Susan Davis Rare Book Collection. |
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Language: | English |
Language of the Original: |
French |
Published: |
New York :
Vanguard Press,
[1954]
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Series: | Jack and Susan Davis Rare Book Collection.
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MSU: Copy 2 gift of Jack and Susan Davis.
MSU: Copy 2 in dust jacket. |
Physical Description: | 224 pages ; 22 cm |
Format: | Book |
Summary: |
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. |
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Note: | Translation of: Le pont de la rivier̀e Kwai. |
Call Number: | PQ2603.O754 P613 |