The Resource 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
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
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The item 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 represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Internet Archive - Open Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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The item 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 represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Internet Archive - Open Library.
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- 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."
- Language
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- eng
- pol
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Picador pbk. ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (222 pages
- Note
- Translation of: Śmierć miasta
- Label
- The pianist : the extraordinary true story of one man's survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945
- Title
- The pianist
- Title remainder
- the extraordinary true story of one man's survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945
- Statement of responsibility
- Władysław Szpilman ; with extracts from the diary of Wilm Hosenfeld ; foreword by Andrzej Szpilman ; epilogue by Wolf Biermann ; translated by Anthea Bell
- Subject
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- 1939 - 1945
- Jewish musicians
- Warsaw (Poland) -- Biography
- Biography
- Jews
- Szpilman, Władysław
- Szpilman, Władysław
- Jewish musicians -- Poland | Warsaw -- Biography
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Personal narratives
- Jews -- Poland | Warsaw -- Biography
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland | Warsaw -- Personal narratives
- Poland -- Warsaw
- Language
-
- eng
- pol
- eng
- 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."
- Cataloging source
- TWC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Szpilman, Władysław
- Dewey number
- 940.5318,Szpilman
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- DS135.P63
- LC item number
- S94713 2003
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Hosenfeld, Wilm
- Bell, Anthea
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Szpilman, Władysław
- Jews
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Jewish musicians
- Warsaw (Poland)
- Szpilman, Władysław
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Jewish musicians
- Jews
- Poland
- Label
- 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
- Note
- Translation of: Śmierć miasta
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Edition
- 1st Picador pbk. ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (222 pages
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1036791861
- Label
- 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
- Note
- Translation of: Śmierć miasta
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Edition
- 1st Picador pbk. ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (222 pages
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1036791861
Subject
- 1939 - 1945
- Biography
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland | Warsaw -- Personal narratives
- Jewish musicians
- Jewish musicians -- Poland | Warsaw -- Biography
- Jews
- Jews -- Poland | Warsaw -- Biography
- Personal narratives
- Poland -- Warsaw
- Szpilman, Władysław
- Szpilman, Władysław
- Warsaw (Poland) -- Biography
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