MORE THAN HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD The classic adventure Story that inspired the new major motion picture The Way Back, directed by Peter Weir "I hope The Long Walk will remain as a memorial to all those who live and die for freedom, and for all those who for many reasons could not speak for themselves." --Slavomir Rawicz "A poet with steel in his soul." --New York Times "One of the most amazing, heroic stories of this or any other time." --Chicago Tribune "A book filled with the spirit of human dignity and the courage of men seeking freedom." --Los Angeles Times "The Long Walk is a book that I absolutely could not put down and one that I will never forget." --Stephen Ambrose, historian and presidential biographer In 1941, the author and six fellow prisoners of war escaped a Soviet labor camp in Yakutsk--a camp where enduring hunger, cold, untended wounds, and untreated illnesses, and avoiding daily executions were everyday feats.
About the Author: Slavomir Rawicz lived in England after.
Starring Colin Farrell, Jim Sturgess, and Ed Harris, it is due for release in late 2010.
Six-time Academy Award-nominee Peter Weir (Master and Commander, The Truman Show, and The Dead Poets Society) recently directed The Way Back, a much-anticipated film based on The Long Walk.
Guaranteed to forever stay in the reader\'s mind, The Long Walk will remain a testament to the strength of the human spirit, and the universal desire for Freedom and dignity.
Previous editions have sold hundreds of thousands of copies; this edition includes an afterword written by the author shortly before his death, as well as the author\'s introduction to the book\'s Polish edition.
Written in a hauntingly detailed, no-holds-barred way, the book inspired the Peter Wier film The Way Back, due for release in late 2010.
Their march--over thousands of miles by foot--out of Siberia, through China, the Gobi Desert, Tibet, and over the Himalayas to British India is a remarkable statement about man\'s desire to be free.
MORE THAN HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD The classic adventure Story that inspired the new major motion picture The Way Back, directed by Peter Weir "I hope The Long Walk will remain as a memorial to all those who live and die for freedom, and for all those who for many reasons could not speak for themselves." --Slavomir Rawicz "A poet with steel in his soul." --New York Times "One of the most amazing, heroic stories of this or any other time." --Chicago Tribune "A book filled with the spirit of human dignity and the courage of men seeking freedom." --Los Angeles Times "The Long Walk is a book that I absolutely could not put down and one that I will never forget." --Stephen Ambrose, historian and presidential biographer In 1941, the author and six fellow prisoners of war escaped a Soviet labor camp in Yakutsk--a camp where enduring hunger, cold, untended wounds, and untreated illnesses, and avoiding daily executions were everyday feats
