THE PIANIST
vonWładysław Szpilman
Genres: BiografieGeschichte
Named one of the Best Books of 1999 by the "Los Angeles Times," "The Pianist "is now a major motion picture directed by Roman Polanski and starring Adrien Brody ("Son of Sam"). "The Pianist" won the Cannes Film Festival's most prestigious prize--the Palme d'Or. On September 23, 1939, Wladyslaw Szpilman played Chopin's Nocturne in C-sharp minor live on the radio as shells exploded outside--so loudly that he couldn't hear his piano. It was the last live music broadcast from Warsaw: That day, a German bomb hit the station, and Polish Radio went off the air. Though he lost his entire family, Szpilman survived in hiding. In the end, his life was saved by a German officer who heard him play the same Chopin Nocturne on a piano found among the rubble. Written immediately after the war and suppressed for decades, "The Pianist "is a stunning testament to human endurance and the redemptive power of fellow feeling.
Language
English
Published on
01/01/1999
Pages
224
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780575067080
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