Pierre Boulle
The Bridge over the River Kwai
Hardcover
(Gramercy Books Aug. 1, 2000)
, 2nd Print edition
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.
- Series
- Cinema Classics
- ISBN
- 0517207419 / 9780517207413
- Pages
- 224
- Weight
- 4.8 oz.
- Dimensions
- 6.8 x 1.0
in.