Indomitable (book)
Indomitable. A true story of resilience and the struggle for survival (original title Unbroken. A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption ) is the biography published in 2011 by Laura Hillenbrand about the life of Louis Zamperini (1917-2014). The work was published by Klett-Cotta in Germany. The American original edition was published by Random House in 2010 .
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The non-fiction book describes, among other things, the experiences of the American Zamperini as an Olympic runner over 5,000 meters at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin . As a bomber protect having a plane crash a Consolidated B-24 survived for 47 days on a boat in the Pacific, Zamperini was in the subsequent captivity abused in Japan and tortured. In September 1945 he was able to return to the USA.
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The volume became an international bestseller and received many awards. It also forms the basis for the film Unbroken ( 2014 ), which was released in German cinemas on January 15, 2015. In 2014 a new edition of the book was released, entitled Unbroken. The incredible life story of Louis Zamperini. Photos from the film were used for the cover. The film Unbroken: Path to Redemption , based on the final chapters of the novel, followed in 2018 .
American original edition
- Unbroken. A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. Random House, New York 2010, ISBN 978-1400064168 .
German editions
- Indomitable. A true story of resilience and struggle for survival. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-608-94624-6 . (Out of stock)
- Unbroken. The incredible life story of Louis Zamperini. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-608-94892-9 . (Paperback and as an e-book)