01569cam a2200325 4500 10271843 TxGeo 20030410120000.0 990622s1999||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780312263768 trade pbk. 0312263767 trade pbk. (OCoLC)41628199 DLC DLC FIT TxGeo eng pol Szpilman, Władysław. The pianist : the extraordinary story of one man's survival in Warsaw, 1939-45 / Waysa Szpilman ; with extracts from the diary of Wilm Hosenfeld ; foreword by Andrzej Szpilman ; epilogue by Wolf Biermann ; translated by Anthea Bell. 1st ed. New York : Picador USA, 1999. 221 p. ; 22 cm. A Jewish pianist's real-life account of survival in World War II Warsaw. Separated in a mêlée, he fights to rejoin his family as they board the death train, but police block him. "Papa!" he cries. The father waves, "as if I were setting out into life and he was already greeting me from beyond the grave.". 20100414. With bookplate: Donated by William B. Jones. Szpilman, Waysa. Jews Poland Warsaw Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Poland Warsaw Personal narratives. Jewish musicians Poland Warsaw Biography. Warsaw (Poland) Biography. Hosenfeld, Wilm. QS5