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William Conrad: Roman
Barcelona. 18 cm. 175 pág. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Boulle, Pierre 1912-1994. Versión de C. Paytuvi. Guada]. Traducción William Conrad. Paytuví de Sierra, Carlos .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario.
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214 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1950
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Pierre Boulle
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Pierre Boulle (20 February 1912 – 30 January 1994) was a French novelist best known for two works, The Bridge over the River Kwai (1952) and Planet of the Apes (1963) that were both made into award-winning films.
Boulle was an engineer serving as a secret agent with the Free French in Singapore, when he was captured and subjected to two years' forced labour. He used these experiences in The Bridge over the River Kwai, about the notorious Death Railway, which became an international bestseller. The film by David Lean won many Oscars, and Boulle was credited with writing the screenplay, because its two genuine authors had been blacklisted.
His science-fiction novel Planet of the Apes, where intelligent apes gain mastery over humans, was adapted into a series of five award-winning films that spawned magazine versions and popular themed toys.
Pierre Boulle (20 February 1912 – 30 January 1994) was a French novelist best known for two works, The Bridge over the River Kwai (1952) and Planet of the Apes (1963) that were both made into award-winning films.
Boulle was an engineer serving as a secret agent with the Free French in Singapore, when he was captured and subjected to two years' forced labour. He used these experiences in The Bridge over the River Kwai, about the notorious Death Railway, which became an international bestseller. The film by David Lean won many Oscars, and Boulle was credited with writing the screenplay, because its two genuine authors had been blacklisted.
His science-fiction novel Planet of the Apes, where intelligent apes gain mastery over humans, was adapted into a series of five award-winning films that spawned magazine versions and popular themed toys.
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July 30, 2021
William Conrad is Pierre Boulle’s first Novel. Boulle explores themes here such as sense of duty, moral fortitude, bravery, the military and the intelligence services that he revisits again and again in later novels. The British stoic sense of duty is a theme Boulle revisits with Lt. Colonel Nicholson (famously portrayed by Alec Guinness) in his classic novel the bridges over the river Kwai.
Set in the Second World War the story revolves around William Conrad, a respected writer and a refugee from Nazi Germany that is “made from the right stuff”. He becomes the darling of polite society and is recruited by the intelligence services using his writing talents to produce propaganda to bolster the British confidence and ensure allied victory.
As William produces effective propaganda he struggles with his role and his loyalties. As he wrestles with these inner struggles other branches of the intelligence services are not convinced of his motives.
Set in the Second World War the story revolves around William Conrad, a respected writer and a refugee from Nazi Germany that is “made from the right stuff”. He becomes the darling of polite society and is recruited by the intelligence services using his writing talents to produce propaganda to bolster the British confidence and ensure allied victory.
As William produces effective propaganda he struggles with his role and his loyalties. As he wrestles with these inner struggles other branches of the intelligence services are not convinced of his motives.
March 26, 2020
"C'era veramente lui un punto più sensibile, una parte della corazza più vulnerabile o, invece, tutto il suo essere era di qualità scadente creato con materiale di scarto che si sgretolava a poco a poco sotto l'impulso di un miserabile moto di umanità, come un colore di pessima qualità sotto l'effetto del caldo?"
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