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Informationen zum Autor Ronald Searle delighted millions with his comic creation of St Trinians! and has been a distinguished contributor to numerous magazines around the world! from The New Yorker to Le Monde. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung In 1939! as an art student! Ronald Searle volunteered for the army! embarking for Singapore in 1941. Within a month of his arrival he became a prisoner of the Japanese! and after 14 months in a POW 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! becaming one of the few British soldiers to survive imprisonment there. Throughout his captivity he made drawings to record his experiences! which he smuggled from place to place! stained with the sweat and dirt of his captivity. A record of one man's war! they are among the most important and moving accounts of World War II.
