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A review by kessler21
The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45 by Władysław Szpilman
4.0
Have you seen the movie with Adrian Brody.
A while back I added several book that I have seen the movie to my TBR. I wanted to see if reading a book after watching the movie affected the book the same as watching a movie after reading the book. Well I never read those books I added. This is one.
This is a true story about a Jewish pianists in Warsaw during WWII. While reading this I was struck with how unique each individual's story of Nazi persecution is. Though there are many similarities, everyone's story is very unique. Szpilman humility shines as he downplays his role in the underground resistance and the original title was Death of a City. The most amazing fact, he wrote his account in 1946, when the war was still fresh, and this book shows no hatred or animosity towards Germans or even the Nazi. Sadly, the Russian's then banned the book, so it was lost until the son rereleased the story.
Like all of these stories, it is an amazing story of perseverance and survival as he avoids being sent to a camp and is in hiding, escaping detection on multiple occasions.
I listened to the version with a forward by Szpilman's son and then exerts from the diary of the German solider who helped saved Szpilman's life, which is truly amazing.
A while back I added several book that I have seen the movie to my TBR. I wanted to see if reading a book after watching the movie affected the book the same as watching a movie after reading the book. Well I never read those books I added. This is one.
This is a true story about a Jewish pianists in Warsaw during WWII. While reading this I was struck with how unique each individual's story of Nazi persecution is. Though there are many similarities, everyone's story is very unique. Szpilman humility shines as he downplays his role in the underground resistance and the original title was Death of a City. The most amazing fact, he wrote his account in 1946, when the war was still fresh, and this book shows no hatred or animosity towards Germans or even the Nazi. Sadly, the Russian's then banned the book, so it was lost until the son rereleased the story.
Like all of these stories, it is an amazing story of perseverance and survival as he avoids being sent to a camp and is in hiding, escaping detection on multiple occasions.
I listened to the version with a forward by Szpilman's son and then exerts from the diary of the German solider who helped saved Szpilman's life, which is truly amazing.