THE PIANIST (75TH ANIV)
The 75th Anniversary Edition of the memoir that inspired Roman Polanski's Oscar-winning film, with a new introduction
On September 23, 1939, Wladyslaw Szpilman played Chopinās Nocturne in C-sharp minor live on the radio as shells exploded outsideāso loudly that he couldnāt 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 in the immediate aftermath of the war,Ā The PianistĀ conveys a shattering immediacy found in few books about that time and stands as a stunning testament to human endurance and healing through compassion.
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$5.95THE PIANIST (75TH ANIV)
The 75th Anniversary Edition of the memoir that inspired Roman Polanski's Oscar-winning film, with a new introduction
On September 23, 1939, Wladyslaw Szpilman played Chopinās Nocturne in C-sharp minor live on the radio as shells exploded outsideāso loudly that he couldnāt 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 in the immediate aftermath of the war,Ā The PianistĀ conveys a shattering immediacy found in few books about that time and stands as a stunning testament to human endurance and healing through compassion.
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The 75th Anniversary Edition of the memoir that inspired Roman Polanski's Oscar-winning film, with a new introduction
On September 23, 1939, Wladyslaw Szpilman played Chopinās Nocturne in C-sharp minor live on the radio as shells exploded outsideāso loudly that he couldnāt 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 in the immediate aftermath of the war,Ā The PianistĀ conveys a shattering immediacy found in few books about that time and stands as a stunning testament to human endurance and healing through compassion.
