re-creation IN complete color. And the sunrise got here Up Like Thunder is the adventure of a regular soldier captured via the japanese at Singapore in February 1942. Leo Rawlings' tale is informed in his personal photos and his personal phrases; an international that's uncompromising, bright and uncooked. He pulls no punches. For the 1st time the cruelty inflicted at the prisoners of battle through their very own officials is depicted in addition to stunning photos of POW lifestyles. this is often really a view of the River Kwai event for a twenty first Century audience.The new version contains photographs by no means sooner than released in addition to an intensive new remark by way of Dr Nigel Stanley, knowledgeable on Rawlings and the clinical difficulties confronted at the Burma Railway. greater than only a observation at the historical past and poor evidence at the back of Rawlings' paintings, it stands by itself as a advisor to the hidden lives of the prisoners.Most of the photographs are published for the 1st time in color because the artist meant, bringing new aspect and perception to stipulations confronted by means of the POWs as they outfitted the notorious loss of life railway, and confronted hunger, illness and cruelty.Pictures comparable to these displaying the development of Tamarkan Bridge, now famed because the prototype for the fictitious Bridge at the River Kwai, and people displaying the horrendous pain of the POWs resembling King of the Damned have an iconic prestige. Rawlings' paintings brings a special standpoint to the depiction of the realm of the a ways East prisoners. For the 1st time the images and unique texts are revealed in a wide structure variation, in order that their complete strength will be experienced.The re-creation comprises an account of the way Rawlings' publication used to be released in Japan through Takashi Nagase (well identified from Eric Lomax's ebook The Railway guy) within the early Nineteen Eighties. Rawlings visited Nagase in 1980 and finally reconciled himself to his stories as a POW.