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The bridge over the River Kwai : a novel / Pierre Boulle ; translated by Xan Fielding.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: New York : Ballantine Books, 2007.Edition: Presidio Press Trade paperback edDescription: 207 p. ; 21 cmISBN: - 0891419136
- 9780891419136
- Pont de la rivière Kwaï. English
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Main Library | Fiction | Boulle, Pierre | Available | 33111005328774 |
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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.