To the Kwai and Back by Ronald Searle
In 1939, as an art student, Ronald Searle volunteered for the army, embarking for Singapore in 1941. Within a month of his arrival he became a prisoner of the Japanese, and after 14 months in a POW camp, was sent north to a work camp on the Burma Railway. In May 1944, he was sent to the notorious Changi Gaol in Singapore, becaming one of the few British soldiers to survive imprisonment there. Throughout his captivity he made drawings to record his experiences, which he smuggled from place to place, stained with the sweat and dirt of his captivity. A record of one man's war, they are among the most important and moving accounts of World War II.
This is a monumentally important book. . more than just a drawn record of mainly unphotographed events. It is also a hugely moving indictment of man's inhumanity to man that not even Goya's The Disasters of War can surpass . . . This book should never be out of print. -- The Times * The Times *
Ronald Searle delighted millions with his comic creation of St Trinians, and has been a distinguished contributor to numerous magazines around the world, from The New Yorker to Le Monde.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780285637450 |
| ISBN 10 | 0285637452 |
| Title | To the Kwai and Back |
| Author | Ronald Searle |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2006-04-06 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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