The Pianist - Film Tie In

Zusatztext The images drawn are unusually sharp and clear! but its moral tone is even more striking: Szpilman refuses to make a hero or a demon out of anyone Informationen zum Autor Wladyslaw Szpilman was born in 1911. He studied the piano at the Warsaw Conservatory and at the Academy of Arts in Berlin. From 1945 to 1963 he was Director of Music at Polish Radio, and for many years he also pursued a career as a concert pianist and composer. He lived in Warsaw until his death in 2000. Klappentext A new edition of the powerful memoir by the Jewish pianist who survived the War in Warsaw. Published to tie-in with the Roman Polanski film which has achieved great success at Cannes. B/w illus. The powerful and bestselling memoir of a young Jewish pianist who survived the war in Warsaw against all odds. Made into a Bafta and Oscar-winning film. Zusammenfassung The powerful and bestselling memoir of a young Jewish pianist who survived the war in Warsaw against all odds. Made into a Bafta and Oscar-winning film.

Product details

• Authors: Wladyslaw Szpilman, Szpilman Wladyslaw
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.12.2002
• EAN: 9780753814055
• ISBN: 978-0-7538-1405-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 205 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; MUSIC / Musical Instruments / Piano & Keyboard, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, HISTORY / Holocaust, HISTORY / Military / General, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, Poland, HISTORY / Europe / Poland, Second World War, The Holocaust, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, Composers and songwriters, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Keyboard instruments, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / Eastern Front