The pianist : the extraordinary story of one man's survival in Warsaw, 1939-45
Szpilman, Wladyslaw2002
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Wladyslaw Szpilman was a young Jewish pianist who managed to stay alive throughout WW2. Immediately afterwards he wrote this moving account. Today, Szpilman is an internationally renowned classical pianist.
Main title:
The pianist : the extraordinary story of one man's survival in Warsaw, 1939-45 / Wladyslaw Szpilman ; with extracts from the diary of Wilm Hosenfeld ; foreword by Andrzej Szpilman ; epilogue by Wolf Biermann ; translated by Anthea Bell.
Imprint:
London : Phoenix, 2002.
Collation:
222 p., [4] p. of plates : facsim., ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Film tie-in.This translation originally published: London: Victor Gollancz, 1999.Translated from the Polish.
ISBN:
07538140569780753814055
Dewey class:
940.5'318'092940.534384940.5318092920920 SZP940.53940.5318940.531927
Local class:
940.531940.5318092920 SZPF940.5318920(SZP)940.53FictionYA
Language:
EnglishPolish
Subject:
Index terms:
World War IIJewsHolocaust
BRN:
280755
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