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The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-45
Wladyslaw Szpilman
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Description for The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-45
Paperback. The powerful and bestselling memoir of a young Jewish pianist who survived the war in Warsaw against all odds. Made into a Bafta and Oscar-winning film. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1DVP; AVH; AVRG; BGFA; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
The powerful and bestselling memoir of a young Jewish pianist who survived the war in Warsaw against all odds. Made into a Bafta and Oscar-winning film. 'You can learn more about human nature from this brief account of the survival of one man throughout the war years in the devastated city of Warsaw than from several volumes of the average encyclopaedia' Independent on Sunday 'We are drawn in to share his surprise and then disbelief at the horrifying progress of events, all conveyed with an understated intimacy and dailiness that render them painfully close - riveting' Observer ... Read more
The powerful and bestselling memoir of a young Jewish pianist who survived the war in Warsaw against all odds. Made into a Bafta and Oscar-winning film. 'You can learn more about human nature from this brief account of the survival of one man throughout the war years in the devastated city of Warsaw than from several volumes of the average encyclopaedia' Independent on Sunday 'We are drawn in to share his surprise and then disbelief at the horrifying progress of events, all conveyed with an understated intimacy and dailiness that render them painfully close - riveting' Observer ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Phoenix
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780753814055
SKU
V9780753814055
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About Wladyslaw Szpilman
Wladyslaw Szpilman was born in 1911. He studied the piano at the Warsaw Conservatory and at the Academy of Arts in Berlin. From 1945 to 1963 he was Director of Music at Polish Radio, and for many years he also pursued a career as a concert pianist and composer. He lived in Warsaw until his death in 2000.
Reviews for The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-45
Vivid and anguished . . . compulsive reading
Richard Overy
Sunday Telegraph
You can learn more about human nature from this brief account of the survival of one man throughout the war years in the devastated city of Warsaw than from several volumes of the average encyclopaedia
Gerald Jacobs
Independent on Sunday
We are ... Read more
Richard Overy
Sunday Telegraph
You can learn more about human nature from this brief account of the survival of one man throughout the war years in the devastated city of Warsaw than from several volumes of the average encyclopaedia
Gerald Jacobs
Independent on Sunday
We are ... Read more