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To the Kwai and Back Ronald Searle

To the Kwai and Back By Ronald Searle

To the Kwai and Back by Ronald Searle


£24.90
Condition - Very Good
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Summary

An artistic account of the Second World War in the Far East, this book features a major historical work, and documentary record of a shameful episode in human history.

To the Kwai and Back Summary

To the Kwai and Back: War Drawings 1939-1945 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.

To the Kwai and Back Reviews

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 *

About Ronald Searle

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.

Additional information

GOR003219878
9780285637450
0285637452
To the Kwai and Back: War Drawings 1939-1945 by Ronald Searle
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Profile Books Ltd
20060406
208
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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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