by H. E. Bates · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140011524
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«The Purple Plain» is the war novel by H. E. Bates, published by Penguin in paperback (240 pages, in English).
Set on the plains of Burma during the Second World War, it tells the story of Forrester, a RAF commander who, after losing his wife, becomes a reckless pilot. After crashing in the middle of the jungle, he must fight to survive alongside other airmen and finds redemption when he meets the young Burmese woman Anna.
Novel inspired by Bates's stay in Burma and India in 1945, one of his three Asian novels. The story was adapted into a film in 1954 starring Gregory Peck.
Recommended for readers of war fiction and historical novels set during the Second World War.
The Bates–Hendricks neighborhood is situated just south and east of the downtown commercial district of Indianapolis, Indiana. The Fountain Square business district is just to the east.
