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During the Second World War Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio. Left emotionally scarred and unable to form normal relationships, Lomax suffered for years until, with the help of his wife, Patti Lomax, and of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, he came terms with what happened. Fifty years after the terrible events, he was able to meet one of his tormentors. The Railway Man is a story of innocence betrayed, and of survival and courage in the face of horror.

The story of Eric Lomax, who in 1942 was put to work on the Railway of Death - the Japanese line from Thailand to Burma, which killed 250,000 men. He was brutally tortured when he was discovered building a radio, and 50 years later, he discovered his torturer, a Japanese interpreter, to be alive.

Эта книга поражает искренностью — все, что в ней написано, правда. Во время Второй мировой войны британский офицер Эрик Ломакс попадает в плен. После страшных пыток и унижений в японском концлагере он уже не может вернуться к прежней жизни. Мысль о возмездии не покидает его. Он уверен, что его мучители заслуживают самого страшного наказания, и особенную ненависть он питает к переводчику, присутствовавшему на всех пытках. Его деревянный, бесстрастный голос стоит у Ломакса в ушах. И вот они встречаются — два глубоких старика. Один всю жизнь мечтает отомстить, другой — замолить грехи. И Ломакс понимает, что, к его собственному удивлению, у…

This is the story of innocence betrayed, of passion and curiosity about the world of machines turned nightmarish and punished by the cruelty of which only humans are capable. It is also a story of survival and courage. Eric Lomax was tortured by the Japanese on the Burma-Siam Railway. Fifty years later he met one of his tormentors.

During the Second World War Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio.Left emotionally scarred and unable to form normal relationships, Lomax suffered for years until, with the help of his wife, Patti Lomax, and of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, he came terms with what happened. Fifty years after the terrible events, he was able to meet one of his tormentors. The Railway Man is a story of innocence betrayed, and of survival and courage in the face of horror.