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Author Szpilman, Władysław.

Title 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.

Publication Info. New York : Picador USA, [1999]
©1999
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Location Call No. Status
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  B SZPILMAN    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIO SZPILMAN    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.5318 SZPILMAN    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  940.5318 SZP    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  940.53 SZP    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  940.53 SZPILMAN    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 221 pages ; 22 cm
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."
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 -- Postscript -- Extracts from teh Diary of Captain Wilm Hosenfeld -- Epilogue: a bridge between Władysław Szpilman and Wilm Hosenfeld / Wolf Biermann.
Subject Szpilman, Władysław.
Jews -- Poland -- Warsaw -- Biography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Warsaw -- Personal narratives.
Jewish musicians -- Poland -- Warsaw -- Biography.
Warsaw (Poland) -- Biography.
Added Author Hosenfeld, Wilm.
Added Title Śmierć miasta. English
ISBN 0312244150
9780312244156
0312263767 paperback
9780312263768 paperback
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