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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.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Polish Publication details: London : Phoenix, 2002.Description: 222 p., [4] p. of plates : facsim., ports. 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780753814055
  • 9780753814055
Uniform titles:
  • Śmierć miasta. English
Subject(s): Summary: Władysław Szpilman was a young Jewish pianist who managed to stay alive throughout WW2. Immediately afterwards he wrote this moving account. Today, Szpilman is an internationally renowned classical pianist.
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This translation originally published: London: Victor Gollancz, 1999.

Władysław Szpilman was a young Jewish pianist who managed to stay alive throughout WW2. Immediately afterwards he wrote this moving account. Today, Szpilman is an internationally renowned classical pianist.

Originally published: 1999

Translated from the Polish.

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