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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41628199 Title: The pianist : the extraordinary story of one man's survival in Warsaw, 1939-45 Author: Władysław Szpilman; Wilm Hosenfeld Publisher: New York : Picador USA, ©1999. ISBN/ISSN: 0312244150 9780312244156 OCLC:41628199

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The pianist : the extraordinary story of one man's survival in Warsaw, 1939-45

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The pianist : the extraordinary story of one man's survival in Warsaw, 1939-45

Author:	Władysław Szpilman; Wilm Hosenfeld
Publisher:	New York : Picador USA, ©1999.
Edition/Format:	Book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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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Named Person:	Władysław Szpilman
Material Type:	Biography
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Władysław Szpilman; Wilm Hosenfeld Find more information about:
ISBN:	0312244150 9780312244156
OCLC Number:	41628199
Description:	221 p. ; 22 cm.
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 -- Noctirne in C sharp minor.
Other Titles:	Śmierć miasta.
Responsibility:	Władysław Szpilman ; with extracts from the diary of Wilm Hosenfeld ; foreword by Andrzej Szpilman ; epilogue by Wolf Biermann ; translated by Anthea Bell.
More information:	Contributor biographical information Publisher description

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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 me from beyond the grave."

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