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Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945
Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945 | Wladyslaw Szpilman
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Named 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.On 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. 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.
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#MayCharacters - Merciful: Compassion and Forgiveness. A saved life. A legacy unbroken. A gift restored. A change of fate. An unexpected imprisonment. A justifiable death (who is to judge?). A hurt unreachable but never forgotten. A renewal in time. A remembrance of what a people could be when we listen to the music!

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Pauline888888
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Tragic...Haunting...Brilliant...

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Klou The book the movie is based on; perfect! 👍 4y
Eggs Thanks 🙏🏻 @Klou 4y
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#RememberNovember @Klou
Day 21: Defiance

Klou Great choice!! 4y
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Lest We Forget.

A (by no means exhaustive) reading list of the World Wars, pulled from my shelves. What book have you found to be the most effective and affecting book about WW1 or WW2?

Butterfinger I recently finished The Sandcastle Girls. It will forever hold an impact on me. 4y
AmberWB All the Light We Cannot See ❤️ 4y
MsMelissa All Quiet on the Western Front. Read it shortly after visiting WWI battlefield sites and cemeteries, including a German one, in France and Belgium. 4y
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BethR91
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A beautiful story of hope and love. One I will not forget

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I'm enjoying this holiday watching this beautiful yet sad movie (The Pianist).

tracey38 I really enjoyed this movie 6y
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The last live broadcast on Polish Radio, on September 23, 1939, was Chopin's Nocturne in C# Minor, played by a young pianist named Wladyslaw Szpilman, until his playing was interrupted by German shelling. It was the same piece and the same pianist, when broadcasting resumed six years later.

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AF_AF
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Time for my next book
#popsugar2018
#deathandgrief

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TheKidUpstairs
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"A man in whom music lives"

? #emojinov @RealLifeReading

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NataliePatalie Like the movie with Adrien Brody? 8y
Blueberry Yes, the same :) 8y
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Blueberry
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#page24ofcurrentread #readJanuary
Not at exciting page. Haha

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The real story of a polish jew during World War II. Amazing, depressing, somehow even uplifting. Recommend!

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ssravp
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So heartbreaking yet so inspiring. I wish I could find more words than that. But right now, words fail me.

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