Bibliograph

The pianist, the extraordinary true story of one man's survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945, Władysław Szpilman, with extracts from the diary of Wilm Hosenfeld ; foreword by Andrzej Szpilman ; epilogue by Wolf Biermann ; translated by Anthea Bell

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The pianist, the extraordinary true story of one man's survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945, Władysław Szpilman, with extracts from the diary of Wilm Hosenfeld ; foreword by Andrzej Szpilman ; epilogue by Wolf Biermann ; translated by Anthea Bell

Language

eng

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illustrations

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Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The pianist

Oclc number

985880865

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Władysław Szpilman, with extracts from the diary of Wilm Hosenfeld ; foreword by Andrzej Szpilman ; epilogue by Wolf Biermann ; translated by Anthea Bell

Sub title

the extraordinary true story of one man's survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945

Summary

A Jewish pianist's real-life account of survival in World War II Warsaw. Separated in a mêlée, he fights to rejoin his family as they board the death train, but police block him. "Papa!" he cries. The father waves, "as if I were setting out into life and he was already greeting me from beyond the grave."

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