novel "The Bridge on the River Kwai"

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"The Bridge on the River Kwai" is a 1952 war novel by Pierre Boulle that dramatizes the construction of a Japanese POW railway bridge in World War II, exploring themes of honor, duty, and the absurdity of war.

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instanceOf novel
war novel
adaptedInto Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï
surface form: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957 film)
author Pierre Boulle
basedOn Japanese POW railway bridge over the Khwae River
construction of the Burma Railway
countryOfOrigin France
depictsEvent forced labor on the Burma Railway
EnglishPublicationYear 1954
EnglishTranslator Xan Fielding
featuresCharacter Colonel Nicholson
Colonel Saito
Major Warden
Cutter
surface form: Shears
filmAdaptationCountry United Kingdom
filmAdaptationDirector David Lean
filmAdaptationLanguage English
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 1957
genre historical fiction
psychological fiction
war fiction
hasMoralQuestion value of human life versus military achievement
whether duty can become complicity
hasSubject British Army officers
Imperial Japanese Army
surface form: Japanese Army

prisoners of war
hasTranslation English translation
literaryMovement 20th-century French literature
mainTheme clash of cultures
collaboration and resistance
duty
honor
military discipline
the absurdity of war
medium print
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor critique of military bureaucracy
portrayal of conflicting concepts of honor
originalLanguage French
originalTitle Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï
publicationYear 1952
publisher René Julliard NERFINISHED
settingPeriod World War II
settingPlace Burma Railway
Thailand
timePeriodDepicted 1940s

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Sessue Hayakawa notableWork novel "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
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