| TITLE: |
The pianist : the extraordinary true story of one man's survival in Warsaw, 1939-45 / Wladyslaw Szpilman ; with extracts from the diary of Wilm Hosenfeld ; foreword by Andrzej Szpilman ; epilogue by Wolf Biermann ; translated by Anthea Bell. |
| UNIFORM TITLE: |
’Smier’c miasta. English |
| AUTHOR: |
Szpilman, Wladyslaw. |
| PUBLISHED: |
New York, N.Y. : Picador USA : [distributed by St. Martin's Press], 1999. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
222 p. ; 22 cm. |
| EDITION: |
1st Picador USA ed. |
| NOTES: |
Library Journal Starred |
| NOTES: |
Choice |
| NOTES: |
Kirkus Review |
| NOTES: |
Pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman provides an account of his experiences trying to survive in the Warsaw ghetto during World War II, and shares excerpts from the diary of a German officer who saved his life. |
| NOTES: |
Interest level: Adult |
| SUBJECT: |
Szpilman, Wladyslaw. |
| SUBJECT: |
Jews--Poland--Warsaw--Biography. |
| SUBJECT: |
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Warsaw--Personal narratives. |
| SUBJECT: |
Jewish musicians--Poland--Warsaw--Biography. |
| SUBJECT: |
Warsaw (Poland)--Biography. |
| SUBJECT: |
Jews--Warsaw (Poland)--Biography. |
| SUBJECT: |
Holocaust, 1933-1945--Personal narratives. |
| SUBJECT: |
Jewish musicians--Biography. |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
Hosenfeld, Wilm. |
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