The Will to Survive: Three and a Half Years as a Prisoner of the Japanese - Brossura

Godman

Brossura

ISBN 10: 075244980X ISBN 13: 9780752449807

Casa editrice: The History Press, 2009

Riassunto

Taken prisoner after the fall of Singapore in 1942, Arthur Godman spent the next three and a half years on the Burma-Siam railway, living in camps along the River Kwai. Like other POWs, he experienced disease and malnutrition and witnessed the painful deaths of many of his comrades. Yet somehow he retained his sense of humor and perspective, recalling, among the casual cruelties inflicted by the Japanese, small acts of kindness between guards and prisoners which enabled him to retain his faith in humanity. In order to survive he attempted to achieve a relationship with his captors based on their common experience of adversity; learning Thai, teaching bridge, and stealing food. This glimpse of the terrifying world of the POW includes pictures by two other famous artists who were captives.

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L'autore:

Arthur Godman wrote more than 40 books on science and mathematics. Ronald Searle is an artist and cartoonist whose work has appeared in Life and The New Yorker. Philip Meninsky was an artist. Searle and Meninsky were also POWs.

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• Editore: The History Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 075244980X
• ISBN 13: 9780752449807
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 160