Pigeon's Luck

London: Collins, 1973. - 283 с. Отсканированный pdf Автобиография Владимира Тречикова, русского художника и скульптора. Очень любопытное описание его пребывания в зоне японской оккупации во время второй мировой войны. The book reads with the pace and suspense of a thriller, is the extraordinary life story of one of the most successful artists of our time. The adventures of Vladimir Tretchikoff, whose lithographs are said to even out-sell even those of the Mona Lisa and hang in literally millions of homes throughout the world, began at an early age. Born in Russia, he grew up in Manchuria and, at the outbreak of the 1939 war, was working for the Ministry of Information in Singapore. When the Japanese attacked, he was suddenly seperated from his wife and young daughter, and a few weeks later found himself drifting in an open boat through the Java Sea : his courage, ingenuity and luck contributed decisively to the survival of his companions. His subsequent capture by the Japanese, solitary confinement, interrogation by the Secret Police, release on patrol and the strange seances in which his spectular career was foretold in detail, make enthralling reading.