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

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

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Szpilman, Władysław
Corporate Author: Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Other Authors: Bell, Anthea, Hosenfeld, Wilm
Format: Book
Language:English
Polish
Published: New York : Picador, 2003
Edition:Second Picador paperback edition
Subjects:
Szpilman, Władysław
1939-1945
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Poland > Warsaw > Personal narratives
Jewish musicians > Poland > Warsaw > Biography
Jews > Poland > Warsaw > Biography
CHR 2003
Holocause, Jewish (1939-1945) > Poland > Warsaw Personal narratives
Jewish musicians > poland > Warsaw Biography
Jews > Poland > Warsaw Biography
PRO Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
Szpilman, Wladyslaw
Jewish musicians
Jews
Warsaw (Poland) > Biography
Poland > Warsaw
Biographies
Personal narratives

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Call Number: DS135.P63 S94713 2003

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