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Can I read Bridge Over the River Kwai on EtoBox?
Bridge Over the River Kwai by Boulle, Pierre is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Bridge Over the River Kwai about?
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.
Who reads Bridge Over the River Kwai?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Boulle, Pierre
- Published
- 1952
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction