The Pianist

The Pianist

Non-Fiction, Biography & Memoir, Literary Biography & Memoir
Paperback Published on: 31/12/2002
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Synopsis

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

'A book so fresh and vivid, so heartbreaking, and so simply and beautifully written, that it manages to tell us the story of horrendous events as if for the first time' Daily Telegraph

  • Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
  • ISBN: 9780753814055
  • Number of pages: 240
  • Weight: 214g
  • Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 18 mm

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The Pianist
I picked this up after a friend lent me the film, which by the way was amazing, and I was not disappointed at all. Szpilman tells of his experiences in suc... READ MORE
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