Smakebit på Søndag; The Long Walk - The True Story of a Trek to Freedom

På tide med en ny "Smakebit på Søndag", som er fast tema hos Flukten fra virkeligheten.

Denne gangen kommer smakebiten fra "The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom" skrevet av Slawomir Rawicz. I boka forteller Rawicz om hvordan han og en håndfull andre rømte fra en russisk fangeleir i Sibir under andre verdenskrig igjennom blant annet Kina, Gobi ørkenen og Tibet. Boka kan passe for de som er interessert i krigshistorie, og nå kan jeg krysse av Polen i "Land i verden" prosjektet mitt.

Forøvrig har boka blitt omgjort til filmen "The Way Back" med blant annet Colin Farrell.

"Everybody who had a voice left was joining in. A marching choir of nearly five thousand male voices drowning their despair in a song of praise for the child who would be born on the morrow. The song was "Holy Night" and those who did not sing it in Polish sang it in the language in which they had learned it as children."

Comments

  1. Amanda3 March 2013 at 12:42

    Spennende! Jeg er veldig interessert i krigshistorie så denne skal jeg notere meg :) Ha en fin søndag!

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  2. Anonymous3 March 2013 at 12:43

    Jeg tror jeg må ha sett filmen, ellers så blander jeg dette sammen med en annen historie om noen som går fra Sibir. Jeg ble jammen litt usikker :-)
    Ha en fin søndag!

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  3. Monika3 March 2013 at 12:43

    Om inte annat så ska jag i alla fall se filmen :)

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  4. Beathe3 March 2013 at 14:46

    Tusen takk for smakebiten:-) Kunne i hvert fall tenkt meg å se filmen. Ha en fin søndag:-)

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  5. Tine3 March 2013 at 14:46

    Tøff tur, denne må jeg notere meg. Takk for fint tips!

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  6. Lena3 March 2013 at 16:15

    Spännande smakbit du bjuder på.

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  7. Anonymous3 March 2013 at 16:17

    Tack för smakbiten! Låter inte riktigt som min typ av bok, men en film med Colin Farrell är ju aldrig fel...

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  8. Birthe3 March 2013 at 16:52

    Jeg fikk lyst til både å lese boken og å se filmen - takk for smakebiten :)

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  9. Mari3 March 2013 at 20:27

    Dette var en smakebit som rørte noe i meg, kanskje spesielt siden historien er basert på en manns historie.

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