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Paradise Road
New York (City)
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St. Martin's Press
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1997
Z1232465
1997
single work
film/TV
Paradise Road is based on the true stories of hundreds of English, Australian, and American women imprisoned in Sumatra by the Japanese as the latter swept through South-east Asia in 1942.
The narrative begins with Japanese fighter planes sinking the ship on which the women are attempting to flee Singapore. The captured prisoners face extreme cruelty and hardship, and are forced to seek any means for survival. Two of the women, Adrienne Partier and Margaret Drummond, conceive the idea of forming a choir. Both are both trained musicians, and Margaret has memorised many scores. She writes them down in children's notebooks, and dozens of women, in constant danger of extreme punishment or even execution, conspire to practice surreptitiously. When the choir performs its first number, 'Largo' from Dvorak's New World Symphony, the voices transform the dense tropical air with sweet, haunting strains and the guards, who have come to break up the illegal gathering, sit and listen with awe.
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- Braille.
- Sound recording.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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News and Views
2010
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23-24 October 2010; (p. 3) -
Untitled
1955
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 25 March 1955; (p. 179)
— Review of White Coolies 1954 single work autobiography
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Untitled
1955
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 25 March 1955; (p. 179)
— Review of White Coolies 1954 single work autobiography -
News and Views
2010
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 23-24 October 2010; (p. 3)