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The railway man : a POW's searing account of war, brutality and forgiveness / Eric Lomax.
A POW's account of war, brutality and forgiveness. Lomax was sent to Malaya in 1941, taken prisoner after the fall of Singapore, and put to work on the infamous Burma-Siam railway, which cost the lives of 250,000 men.
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- ISBN: 039334407X
- ISBN: 9780393344073
- Physical Description: 288 p. : map ; 21cm.
- Publisher: New York, NY. : W. W. Norton, [2014?], c1995.
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| General Note: | First published as a Norton paperback, 2012. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | 940.5472 L839r 1995 (Text) | 33126019859218 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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A World War II British prisoner of war tells of the brutal treatment he endured during his captivity at the hands of Japanese soldiers and how, fifty years later, he met and forgave the Japanese man involved in his torture. - WW Norton
Eric Lomax, sent to Malaya in World War II, was taken prisoner by the Japanese and put to punishing work on the notorious Burma-Siam railway. After the radio he illicitly helped to build in order to follow war news was discovered, he was subjected to two years of starvation and torture. He would never forget the interpreter at these brutal sessions. Fifty years after returning home from the war, marrying, and gaining the strength from his wife Patti to fight his demons, he learned the interpreter was alive. Through letters and meeting with his former torturer, Lomax bravely moved beyond bitterness drawing on an extraordinary will to extend forgiveness.Now a major motion picture starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman. - WW Norton
Winner of the PEN/Ackerley PrizeThe Railway Man is a remarkable memoir of forgivenessâa tremendous testament to the courage that propels one toward remembrance, and finally, peace with the past.