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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Szpilman, Władysław.

Contributor:

Hosenfeld, Wilm.

Bell, Anthea.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Śmierć miasta. English

Language:

English

Polish

Subjects (All):

Szpilman, Władysław.

Jews--Poland--Warsaw--Biography.

Jews.

Jewish musicians.

Poland--Warsaw.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Warsaw--Personal narratives.

Jewish musicians--Poland--Warsaw--Biography.

Warsaw (Poland)--Biography.

Holocause, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Warsaw Personal narratives.

Jews--Poland--Warsaw Biography.

Jewish musicians--poland--Warsaw Biography.

Szpilman, Wladyslaw.

Local Subjects:

Holocause, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Warsaw Personal narratives.

Jews--Poland--Warsaw Biography.

Jewish musicians--poland--Warsaw Biography.

Szpilman, Wladyslaw.

Genre:

Biographies.

Personal narratives.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

222 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

Second Picador paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Picador, 2003.

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."

Notes:

Translation of: Śmierć miasta.

ISBN:

0312311354

9780312311353

OCLC:

51514443