{"product_id":"the-pianist-the-extraordinary-true-story-of-one-mans-survival-in-warsaw-1939-1945-seventy-fifth-anniversary-edition-9781250249548","title":"The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945 (Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Edition)","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\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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, \u003ci\u003eThe Pianist \u003c\/i\u003eis a stunning testament to human endurance and the redemptive power of fellow feeling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wladyslaw Szpilman\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\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.4lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250249548\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpecial Edition\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43324772548745,"sku":"9781250249548","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_c85db00b-2f4d-4ef8-978d-ccb93c933e5f.jpg?v=1738647637","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-pianist-the-extraordinary-true-story-of-one-mans-survival-in-warsaw-1939-1945-seventy-fifth-anniversary-edition-9781250249548","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}