The pianist : the extraordinary story of one man's survival in Warsaw, 1939-45 / Władysław Szpilman ; with extracts from the diary of Wilm Hosenfeld ; foreword by Andrzej Szpilman ; epilogue by Wolf Biermann ; translated by Anthea Bell

Author:: Szpilman, Władysław
Uniform Title:: Śmierć miasta. English
Published:: New York : Picador USA, [1999]
Copyright Date:: ©1999
Edition:: 1st ed.
Physical Description:: 221 pages ; 22 cm
Additional Creators:: Hosenfeld, Wilm

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Contents:

Hour of the children and the mad -- War -- First Germans -- My father bows to the Germans -- Are you jews? -- Dancing in chłodna street -- Fine gesture by Mrs K -- Anthill under threat -- Umschlagplatz -- Chance of life -- Marksmen arise! -- Majorek -- Trouble and strife next door -- Szałas' betrayal -- In a burning building -- Death of a city -- Life for liquor -- Nocturne in C sharp minor -- Postscript -- Extracts from teh Diary of Captain Wilm Hosenfeld -- Epilogue: a bridge between Władysław Szpilman and Wilm Hosenfeld / Wolf Biermann.

Summary:

A Jewish pianist's real-life account of survival in World War II Warsaw.

Subject(s):

Szpilman, Władysław
Jews—Poland—Warsaw—Biography
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)—Poland—Warsaw—Personal narratives
Jewish musicians—Poland—Warsaw—Biography
Warsaw (Poland)—Biography

ISBN:

0312244150
9780312244156
0312263767 (pbk.)
9780312263768 (pbk.)

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