01792cam a2200361 i 4500 605714780 TxAuBib 20220919120000.0 071015s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2007281080 9780891419136 pbk. 0891419136 pbk. (OCoLC)148836939 TxAuBib rda eng fre Boulle, Pierre, 1912- Pont de la rivière Kwaï English. The bridge over the River Kwai : a novel / Pierre Boulle ; translated by Xan Fielding. Presidio Press trade pbk. ed. New York : Ballantine Books, 2007. 207 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Reprint. Originally published: New York : Vanguard Press, 1954. 1942: Boldly advancing through Asia, the Japanese need a train route from Burma going north. In a prison camp, British POWs are forced into labor. The bridge they build will become a symbol of service and survival to one prisoner, Colonel Nicholson, a proud perfectionist. Pitted against the warden, Colonel Saito, Nicholson will nevertheless, out of a distorted sense of duty, aid his enemy. While on the outside, as the Allies race to destroy the bridge, Nicholson must decide which will be the first casualty: his patriotism or his pride. -- Publisher description. 20220919. Burma-Siam Railroad Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, Japanese Fiction. War stories. Fielding, Xan.