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To the Kwai--And Back: War Drawings 1939-1945
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To the Kwai--And Back: War Drawings 1939-1945 Hardcover - 2006

by Ronald Searle


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In 1939, as an art student, Ronald Searle volunteered for the army, embarking for Singapore in 1941. Within a month of his arrival there, however, he became a prisoner of the Japanese, and after 14 months in a prisoner-of-war camp, was sent north to a work camp on the Burma Railway. In May 1944, he was sent to the notorious Changi Gaol in Singapore and became one of the few British soldiers to survive imprisonment there. Throughout his captivity, despite the risk, Ronald Searle made drawings to record his experiences. The drawings in this remarkable book were hidden by Searle and smuggled from place to place, stained with the sweat and dirt of his captivity. They are a record of one man's war and are among the most important and moving accounts of the second World War.

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  • Title To the Kwai--And Back: War Drawings 1939-1945
  • Author Ronald Searle
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Souvenir Press, London
  • Date 2006
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780285637450 / 0285637452
  • Weight 2.64 lbs (1.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.22 x 8.44 x 0.98 in (28.50 x 21.44 x 2.49 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.547

About the author

Ronald Searle is the most acclaimed satirical graphic artist of the 20th century. He delighted millions with his creation of St Trinians and is a leading contributor to Le Monde and Life magazine, and is the author of numerous books including Illustrated Winespeak, Ronald Searle's Non-Sexist Dictionary, Searle's Cats, Slightly Foxed, and Something in the Cellar.
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