{"product_id":"the-pianist-seventy-fifth-anniversary-edition-the-extraordinary-true-story-of-one-mans-survival-in-warsaw-1939-1945-9781250249548-b","title":"The Pianist (Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Edition): The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Wladyslaw Szpilman\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Jewish\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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.","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45028630233239,"sku":"9781250249548","price":1160.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781250249548.webp?v=1769202714","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-pianist-seventy-fifth-anniversary-edition-the-extraordinary-true-story-of-one-mans-survival-in-warsaw-1939-1945-9781250249548-b","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}