The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom - Brossura

Rawicz, Slavomir

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ISBN 10: 1592289444 ISBN 13: 9781592289448

Casa editrice: Lyons Pr, 2006

Riassunto

"I hope The Long Walk will remain as a memorial to all those who live and die for freedom, and for all those who for many reasons could not speak for themselves."--Slavomir Rawicz

In 1941, the author and six other fellow prisoners escaped a Soviet labor camp in Yakutsk--a camp where enduring hunger, cold, untended wounds, untreated illnesses, and avoiding daily executions were everyday feats. Their march--over thousands of miles by foot--out of Siberia, through China, the Gobi Desert, Tibet, and over the Himalayas to British India is a remarkable statement about man's desire to be free.

While the original book sold hundreds of thousands of copies, this updated paperback version includes a new Afterword by the author, as well as the author's Foreword to the Polish book. Written in a hauntingly detailed, no holds barred way, the new edition of The Long Walk is destined to outrank its classic status and guaranteed to forever stay in the reader's mind.

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L'autore:

Slavomir Rawicz lived in England after the war, settling near Nottingham and working as a handicrafts and woodworking instructor, a cabinetmaker, and later as a technician in architectural ceramics at a school of art and design. He married an Englishwoman, with whom he had five children. He retired in 1975 after a heart attack, and lived a quiet life in the countryside until his death in 2004.

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In 1941, the author and six other fellow prisoners escaped a Soviet labor camp in Yakutsk—a camp where enduring hunger, cold, untended wounds, untreated illnesses, and avoiding daily executions were
everyday feats. Their march over thousands of miles by foot—out of Siberia and through China, the Gobi Desert, Tibet, and over the Himalayas to British India—was a remarkable journey through some of the most inhospitable conditions on the face of the earth.
Written in a hauntingly detailed, no-holds-barred way, the book inspired the forthcoming Peter Weir film The Way Back, starring Colin Farrell, Jim Sturges, and Ed Harris. Previous editions have sold hundreds of thousands of copies; this edition includes an afterword written by the author soon before his death, as well as the author’s introduction to the book’s Polish edition. Guaranteed to forever stay in the reader’s mind, it will remain a testament to the strength of the human spirit, and the universal desire for freedom and dignity.|In 1941, the author and six other fellow prisoners escaped a Soviet labor camp in Yakutsk—a camp where enduring hunger, cold, untended wounds, untreated illnesses, and avoiding daily executions were
everyday feats. Their march over thousands of miles by foot—out of Siberia and through China, the Gobi Desert, Tibet, and over the Himalayas to British India—was a remarkable journey through some of the most inhospitable conditions on the face of the earth.
Written in a hauntingly detailed, no-holds-barred way, the book inspired the forthcoming Peter Weir filmThe Way Back, starring Colin Farrell, Jim Sturges, and Ed Harris.  Previous editions have sold hundreds of thousands of copies; this edition includes an afterword written by the author soon before his death, as well as the author’s introduction to the book’s Polish edition. Guaranteed to forever stay in the reader’s mind, it will remain a testament to the strength of the human spirit, and the universal desire for freedom and dignity.

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• Editore: Lyons Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1592289444
• ISBN 13: 9781592289448
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 245