{"product_id":"pianist-the-extraordinary-true-story-of-one-mans-survival-in-warsaw-1939-1945","title":"Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003ePianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eWladyslaw Szpilman\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780312311353\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePicador\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2002\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eNamed 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. \u003cbr\u003eOn 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. \u003cbr\u003eThough 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.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945 | Wladyslaw Szpilman | Paperback | 9780312311353 | Used: Very Good | Biography 1534466","offer_id":48163137454232,"sku":"1534466","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81JjBkVIV4L.jpg?v=1771877359","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/pianist-the-extraordinary-true-story-of-one-mans-survival-in-warsaw-1939-1945","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}