The bridge over the River Kwai : a novel / 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, 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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0891419136
- ISBN: 9780891419136
- Physical Description: 207 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: Presidio Press Trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, 2007.
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| Subject: | Burma-Siam Railroad > Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Beaufort Main | F BOULL (Text) | 34208900062471 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Western Carteret | F BOULL (Text) | 34208900062463 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
