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Pierre Boulle

Pierre Boulle was born in Avignon, France, in 1912. He originally trained as an engineer, but in 1936 he went to Malaysia and worked as a rubber planter. In 1939 he was called up in the French forces in Indochina, and when France fell during World War II, he fled to Singapore, where he joined the Free French Mission. After the Japanese invasion, he was sent via Rangoon and the Burma Road to Yunnan to establish contact with Kuomintang forces. He infiltrated Indochina as a guerilla where he was captured in 1943. He escaped in 1944, was picked up by a British plane, and served in the Special Forces in Calcutta for the rest of the war.His first novel to be published in the United States was The Bridge on the River Kwai. The book was awarded the Prix Sainte-Beuve prize in France, which led to the film version that received an amazing seven Academy Awards. He considered his subsequent books, of which Planet of the Apes is the most well known, to be social fantasies.
The Bridge Over the River Kwai
The Bridge Over the River Kwai
A Novel
Pierre Boulle
9780891419136
$17.00 US
Paperback
On sale Aug 28, 2007
Presidio Press
Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes
A Novel
Pierre Boulle
9780345447982
$9.99 US
Mass Market Paperback
On sale May 29, 2001
Del Rey

Books

The Bridge Over the River Kwai
The Bridge Over the River Kwai
A Novel
Pierre Boulle
9780891419136
$17.00 US
Paperback
On sale Aug 28, 2007
Presidio Press
Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes
A Novel
Pierre Boulle
9780345447982
$9.99 US
Mass Market Paperback
On sale May 29, 2001
Del Rey

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