About this title: A stirring long-suppressed memoir about a pianist's incredible survival in Warsaw during World War II discusses the terrible deaths of family members and shows how he was saved by a German officer who had heard him playing the piano. 15,000 first printing.
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Edition: 1st
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 12/20/2002
ISBN-13:9780312311353ISBN:0312311354
Description: Fine. 0312311354 May show signs of shelf wear. Choose EXPEDITED shipping, receive in 2-5 business days. Please email with questions. read more
Edition: 7th printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Picador USA, New York
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780312311353ISBN:0312311354
Description: Good. Movie Tie-in. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 221 pp.; 22 cm. With extracts from the diary of Wilm Hosenfeld; foreword by Andrzej Szpilman; epilogue by Wolf Biermann; translated by Anthea Bell. Good+. Tight, clean copy. Short tear/back hinge. Age toning. "Named one of the Best Books of 1999 by the Los Angeles Times, The Pianist is now a major motion picture directed by Roman Polanski and starring Adrien Brody (Son of Sam). The Pianist won the Cannes Film Festival's most prestigious prize--the ... read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780312311353ISBN:0312311354
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 224 p. Contains: Illustrations. Recent Picador Highlights. Audience: General/trade. read more
"What an incredible story of endurance - mental and phyical - in the face of such terrible suffering - his own and others.
I noted the way that so-called compatriots all too quickly fell in with the occupying power, for advancement and, it seemed, sometimes, just because they could. Once again I see how, step by step, the unbearable and unbelievable can become reality.
There was not much in the way of piano-playing for much of the book, for obvious reasons.
The character met towards the end of the book, and the author's treatment of that part of the story, is very touching.
Well done, Mr Szpilman!
This (together with Dear Teacher) completes Fall2009 Challenge 30.1, as most of my current professional life is spent lecturing/teaching IT Management Theory, and playing piano would be a dream occupation"
"I actually read this book after I saw the movie, as I never heard about it before. A great book and he does a great job of telling things from his memory.
This book generated an interest within me in European history during the World War II period. Perhaps you will see some more WWII/European history books pop up on my list eventually."
"Haunting.....Having seen the movie I then felt compelled to read the book wanting to hear the first hand account and words of the Pianist himself. This book written soon after WWII, brings the fresh suffering and horror of what it was like in the Polish Jewish ghettos. Though a vast, incomprehensible tradegy ,the strength of the human spirit does prevail in our writer. He lost everything and yet his will to live drove him to hang on in the face of an impossible existence. It also gives you a look at the german officer who spared his life towards the end of the war. In all the horror there were spots of light, people who were good in a drowning pool of evil. I could not put this book down and it is one of the very best books I have read in a long time. You owe it to yourself as part of the human race to read it."
"i loved the reality and the truth of this book. it reads like a biography. the simple truth to the simple words are made to come alive before you as you read this young man's struggle to overcome death, many times over. what to live for? what to die for? it opened my eyes to the world of WW2 in a different way. a bird's eye view to the destruction that man brought down on himself and a great city. i still think about it often. it makes me feel so greatful for living in this country at this time. and i honor those who lived through that hell."
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