The Purple Plain (novel)
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| Author | H. E. Bates |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | War |
| Publisher | Michael Joseph Little, Brown (US) |
Publication date | 1947 |
| Media type | |
The Purple Plain is a 1947 war novel by the British writer H. E. Bates. It is set during the Burma Campaign of the Second World War.
Synopsis[edit]
The novel's prose is straight-forwardly direct and presents a vivid and harrowing account of human determination to survive in the face of a merciless natural world.
Film adaptation[edit]
In 1954, it was adapted into a British film The Purple Plain directed by Robert Parrish and starring Gregory Peck, Win Min Than and Bernard Lee.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Goble p.29
Bibliography[edit]
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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