A review by karen_lipkey
The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45 by Władysław Szpilman

5.0

Heart breaking. It's something every adult should read. It's hard to wrap one's mind around the 'how did this happen?!' of the times. As strange as this sounds I read it slowly and savored the book. Every AM I'd read a chapter and then compare his journey to my trifling worries of the day and it'd put everything in perspective. "I have this pesky deadline I'm stressed about tomorrow. Well, Wlad, let me just go get a refill of hot, delicious coffee whilst you slowly starve to death while clinging to a roof for your life." Amazing book. I'm thankful to him for writing it.