Pianist: A Warsaw Survivor During World War II

Author: (Polish) W?adys?aw Szpilman
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: The Pianist is an excellent memoir of survival, depicting vivid scenes of Nazi invasion, recreating the conditions of the Jewish ghettos, and portraying the situation where his entire family, along with so many other Jews, were sent to concentration camps—all of which leave readers deeply moved. Szpilman is a highly skilled writer. Reading this small book that recounts the survival of an individual during World War II in the destroyed city of Warsaw can give you a deeper understanding of human nature than reading several volumes of a regular encyclopedia.