To the Kwai and Back: War Drawings 1939-1945 - Hardcover

Searle, Ronald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0871130734 ISBN 13: 9780871130730

Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr, 1986

Synopsis

The author describes his experiences as a Japanese prisoner-of-war in Singapore during World War II, and shares the sketches he made during his captivity

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Review:

"You would have a struggle to name a greater cartoonist of the 20th Century, or, indeed, of any other century. Searle forged his life's path in comedy rather than tragedy, for those who have been into the deepest, darkest abyss, the only way is up, towards the light."- Craig Brown, 'Mail on Sunday'

"This is a monumentally important book... More than just a drawn record of mainly unphotographed events. It is also a hugely moving indictment of man's inhumanity to man that not even Goya's The Disasters of War can surpass... This book should never be out of print." - Peter Brookes, 'The Times'

To the Kwai - and Back is a handsome, and moving testimony to the sacrifice involved in the tragedy of war." --'Daily Mail'

"As a young soldier, the artist Ronald Searle was imprisoned by the Japanese in conditions of the utmost horror. He never stopped drawing... his art enabled him to endure the unendurable." --'Sunday Telegraph'

"Unique... one of the finest illustrators of the past century." --Gerald Scarfe, 'The Independent'

About the Author:

Ronald Searle was born in Cambridge in 1920. He served in the Second World War and was one of the few British prisoners-of-war to survive Changi prison and forced labour on Burma Railway. He delighted millions with his comic creation of St Trinians, and has been a distinguished contributor of numerous magazines around the world, from The New Yorker to Le Monde.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0871130734
• ISBN 13: 9780871130730
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192