Description
James Clavell’s now classic novel is set in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp where Allied prisoners—Englishmen, Australians and Americans—struggle to survive. Cruel Japanese guards, a lack of food, malaria, cholera and the absence of news from home turn the captured soldiers into apathetic “walking dead.” Only one of them refuses to surrender his inner freedom and rules the camp as its King. His extraordinary vitality and resourcefulness cannot be confined by barbed wire or the hatred of his fellow prisoners. King’s closest friend in the camp is Peter Marlow, an English pilot and descendant of an old British aristocratic family. Although the two men have utterly different values, together they resist their captors’ efforts to break the prisoners’ dignity once and for all. This Czech-language edition presents a historical novel of captivity, survival and human dignity.
Information
Author: Clavell James
Language: Czech
Publication date: July 24, 2026
Manufacturer: EUROMEDIA GROUP, a.s.
Genres: Historical novels, Books, Fiction, Novels, World fiction
Type: Hardcover book
Pages: 320
ISBN/EAN: 9788028414405