THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
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THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI TELLS THE STORY OF THREE POWS WHO ENDURE THE HELL OF THE JAPANESE CAMPS ON THE BURMA-SIAM RAILWAY - COLONEL NICHOLSON, A MAN PREPARED TO SACRIFICE HIS LIFE BUT NOT HIS DIGNITY; MAJOR WARDEN, A MODEST HERO, SABOTEUR AND DEADLY KILLER; COMMANDER SHEARS, WHO ESCAPED FROM HELL BUT WAS SENT BACK. ORDERED BY THE JAPANESE TO BUILD A BRIDGE, THE COLONEL REFUSES, AS IT IS AGAINST REGULATIONS FOR OFFICERS TO WORK WITH OTHER RANKS. THE JAPANESE GIVE WAY BUT, TO PROVE POINT OF BRITISH SUPERIORITY, CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRIDGE GOES AHEAD - AT GREAT COST TO THE MEN UNDER NICHOLSON`S COMMAND.
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PIERRE BOULLE WAS BORN IN 1912 AT AVIGNON. IN 1939 HE WAS CALLED UP TO THE FRENCH FORCE IN INDO-CHINA, BUT AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF FRANCE HE FLED TO SINGAPORE WHERE HE JOINED THE FREE FRENCH MISSION. AFTER THE JAPANESE INVASION HE WAS SENT TO YUNNAN TO ESTABLISH CONTACT WITH KUOMINTANG FORCES AND THERE HE INFILTRATED AS A GUERRILLA INTO INDO-CHINE, WHERE HE WAS CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE IN 1943. HE ESCAPED IN 1944 AND WAS PICKED UP BY A BRITISH PLANE. HE SERVED FOR THE REST OF THE WAR WITH SPECIAL FORCE, CALCUTTA. AFTER THE WAR HE LIVED IN MALAYA, THE CAMEROONS AND, FINALLY, PARIS, AHERE HE SETTLED UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1994. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI WAS AWARDED THE PRIX STE BEUVE IN 1952.
A RETIRED OFFICER FROM BANK OF INDIA AND A DEGREE HOLDER IN ARTS, MR. ANAND THAKUR HAS TAKEN HIS SECOND INNINGS AS A WRITER VERY SERIOUSLY. NOWADAYS HE IS BUSY WRITING AND TRANSLATING. TILL DATE 9 OF HIS MARATHI BOOKS AND ONE ENGLISH BOOK HAS BEEN PUBLISHED. YET ANOTHER 8-9 BOOKS ARE ON THE WAY FOR PUBLISHING.
