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The Railway Man

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VINTAGE DIGITAL
ISBN/EAN: 9781409087878
Umbreit-Nr.: 6390849

Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 336 S., 1.63 MB
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Einband: Keine Angabe

Erschienen am 06.10.2009
Auflage: 1/2009


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  • Zusatztext

    • During the Second World War Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio.

      Left emotionally scarred and unable to form normal relationships, Lomax suffered for years until, with the help of his wife, Patti Lomax, and of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, he came terms with what happened. Fifty years after the terrible events, he was able to meet one of his tormentors.

      The Railway Manis a story of innocence betrayed, and of survival and courage in the face of horror.

  • Kurztext
    • During the Second World War Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio.Left emotionally scarred and unable to form normal relationships, Lomax suffered for years until, with the help of his wife, Patti Lomax, and of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, he came terms with what happened. Fifty years after the terrible events, he was able to meet one of his tormentors. The Railway Man is a story of innocence betrayed, and of survival and courage in the face of horror.
  • Autorenportrait
    • Eric Lomax was born in 1919. During the Second World War he was captured and tortured by the Japanese Army and forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam railway. He met and forgave his torturer in 1995. He died in October 2012.
  • Schlagzeile
    • The <b>number one bestseller</b> behind the major film starring Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman and Jeremy Irvine