{"product_id":"the-pianist-seventy-fifth-anniversary-edition-the-extraordinary-true-story-of-one-mans-survival-in-warsaw-1939-1945-9781250249548","title":"The Pianist (Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Edition): The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 75th Anniversary Edition of the memoir that inspired Roman Polanski's Oscar-winning film, with a new introduction by Szpilman's son, Andrzej\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in the immediate aftermath of the war, \u003ci\u003eThe Pianist \u003c\/i\u003econveys a shattering immediacy found in few books about that time and stands as a stunning testament to human endurance and healing through compassion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis edition includes a foreword by Andrzej Szpilman, extracts from the diary of Wilm Hosenfeld, and an epilogue by Wolf Biermann.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250249548\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.60d","brand":"Wladyslaw Szpilman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36648721449116,"sku":"9781250249548","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_05dea25c-d1b7-472d-ae3b-019f3f491285.jpg?v=1603870839","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-pianist-seventy-fifth-anniversary-edition-the-extraordinary-true-story-of-one-mans-survival-in-warsaw-1939-1945-9781250249548","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}