Schindler's List
by Thomas Keneally
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Good - Cash
- ISBN 10
- 0140067841
- ISBN 13
- 9780140067842
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Synopsis
Schindler's List is a remarkable retelling of the true story of Oskar Schindler, a Czech-born German industrialist who risked his life and fortune to save over 1,100 Jewish factory workers from the death camps in Nazi-occupied Poland. This work of documentary fiction is based on the recollections of the Schindlerjuden (Schindler's Jews), Schindler himself, and other witnesses, is told in a series of short stories. Man Booker Prize (1982) , Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (1983)
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Originally titled, Schindler's Ark, this bestselling modern day classic, first published in 1982 by Thomas Keneally, was the basis for the blockbuster motion picture, Schindler's List, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Liam Neeson. The book's title was changed to reflect the motion picture title for continuity. The novel, extrapolated on a true story, won the Booker Award upon its debut in 1982. It tells the story of Oskar Schindler, self-made industrialist and "by chance" hero during World War Two. By the winds of happenstance Schindler found himself in the harrowing position of deciding if Polish Jews -- under his authority while working in his factory -- might live or certainly die in the furnaces and gas chambers of Nazi concentration camps. And thereby, Schindler begins covert efforts to save the Jews under his watch. Keneally's intricate research into the Schindler affair is only exceeded by his talent as a brilliant novelist. He draws the reader into an increasing web of horror and terror, as real as the times it tells of, as atrocious as Adolph Hitler and his fascist cohorts. Keneally makes you feel you are actually there, constantly looking over your shoulder, around the next corner, waiting for the next SS boot to fall ... very well possibly ... upon you.
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- The Book Garden (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1026529
- Title
- Schindler's List
- Author
- Thomas Keneally
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good - Cash
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140067841
- ISBN 13
- 9780140067842
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- November 1983
- Pages
- 400
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