Bamboo And Bushido
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: Reprint
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Jacket protected in mylar sleeve
Behind the serene facade of the bamboo curtain lay a world of unimaginable brutality — and A. G. Allbury survived it to tell the tale. Bamboo and Bushido is a visceral firsthand account of a British prisoner of war held captive by the Japanese during World War II, chronicling the harrowing physical and psychological ordeal endured under a military code — Bushido — that governed captors and captives alike with merciless rigidity. Allbury presents the daily reality of forced labour, starvation, and the constant spectre of death with unflinching honesty, while also illuminating remarkable moments of human resilience, camaraderie, and defiant wit that kept men alive against all odds. Allbury's prose carries the weight of lived experience, grounding each account in sensory detail that transports the reader into the suffocating heat of the jungle camps. The narrative stands as both a personal testament and a broader indictment of the machinery of war, sitting firmly within the distinguished tradition of POW memoirs that shaped post-war British consciousness. With jacket design by Ronald Searle and illustrations by Douglas Relf lending the volume a striking visual authenticity, this is a document of extraordinary human endurance — one that raises an uncomfortable question: how much can the human spirit bear before it breaks?
Author: A. G. Allbury
Format: Hardback
Published: 1956, Robert Hale Limited
Genre: WW2
Edition: Reprint
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Jacket protected in mylar sleeve
Behind the serene facade of the bamboo curtain lay a world of unimaginable brutality — and A. G. Allbury survived it to tell the tale. Bamboo and Bushido is a visceral firsthand account of a British prisoner of war held captive by the Japanese during World War II, chronicling the harrowing physical and psychological ordeal endured under a military code — Bushido — that governed captors and captives alike with merciless rigidity. Allbury presents the daily reality of forced labour, starvation, and the constant spectre of death with unflinching honesty, while also illuminating remarkable moments of human resilience, camaraderie, and defiant wit that kept men alive against all odds. Allbury's prose carries the weight of lived experience, grounding each account in sensory detail that transports the reader into the suffocating heat of the jungle camps. The narrative stands as both a personal testament and a broader indictment of the machinery of war, sitting firmly within the distinguished tradition of POW memoirs that shaped post-war British consciousness. With jacket design by Ronald Searle and illustrations by Douglas Relf lending the volume a striking visual authenticity, this is a document of extraordinary human endurance — one that raises an uncomfortable question: how much can the human spirit bear before it breaks?