'You can learn more about human nature from this brief account of the survival of one man throughout the war years in the devastated city of Warsaw than from several volumes of the average encyclopaedia' Independent on Sunday
'We are drawn in to share his surprise and then disbelief at the horrifying progress of events, all conveyed with an understated intimacy and dailiness that render them painfully close¿riveting' Observer
'The images drawn are unusually sharp and clear¿but its moral tone is even more striking: Szpilman refuses to make a hero or a demon out of anyone' Literary Review
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Stunning . . . Filled with unforgettable incidents, images, and people. "The Wall Street Journal"
Remarkable . . . a document of lasting historical and human value. "The Los Angeles Times"
Historically indispensible. "Washington Post Book World"
"The Pianist" is a great book. "The Boston Globe"
Even by the standards set be Holocaust memoirs, this book is a stunner. "Seattle Weekly"
A stunning tribute to what one human being can endure, "The Pianist" is even more--a testimony to the redemptive power of fellow feeling. "The Plain Dealer"
Distinguished by [Szpilman's] dazzling clarity . . . Remarkably lucid. "Publishers Weekly (starred review)"
A striking Holocaust memoir that conveys with exceptional immediacy and cool reportage the author's desperate fight for survival. "Kirkus Reviews"
"The Pianist" is a book so fresh and vivid, so heartbreaking, and so simply and beautifully written, that it manages to tell us the story of horrendous events as if for the first time . . . an altogether unforgettable book. "The Daily Telegraph"
Wladyslaw Szpilman's memoir of life in Nazi-occupied Warsaw and the Jewish ghetto has a singular vividness. All is conveyed with an understated intimacy and dailiness that render them painfully close. "The Observer"
It is all told with a simple clarity that lodges the story in one's stomach through a mixture of disgust, terror, despair, rage, and guilt that grips the reader almost gently. "The Spectator"
Illuminates vividly the horror that overcame the Polish people. Szpilman's account has an immediacy, vivid and anguished. "The Sunday Telegraph""
Stunning . . . Filled with unforgettable incidents, images, and people. The Wall Street Journal
Remarkable . . . a document of lasting historical and human value. The Los Angeles Times
Historically indispensible. Washington Post Book World
The Pianist is a great book. The Boston Globe
Even by the standards set be Holocaust memoirs, this book is a stunner. Seattle Weekly
A stunning tribute to what one human being can endure, The Pianist is even more--a testimony to the redemptive power of fellow feeling. The Plain Dealer
Distinguished by [Szpilman's] dazzling clarity . . . Remarkably lucid. Publishers Weekly (starred review)
A striking Holocaust memoir that conveys with exceptional immediacy and cool reportage the author's desperate fight for survival. Kirkus Reviews
The Pianist is a book so fresh and vivid, so heartbreaking, and so simply and beautifully written, that it manages to tell us the story of horrendous events as if for the first time . . . an altogether unforgettable book. The Daily Telegraph
Wladyslaw Szpilman's memoir of life in Nazi-occupied Warsaw and the Jewish ghetto has a singular vividness. All is conveyed with an understated intimacy and dailiness that render them painfully close. The Observer
It is all told with a simple clarity that lodges the story in one's stomach through a mixture of disgust, terror, despair, rage, and guilt that grips the reader almost gently. The Spectator
Illuminates vividly the horror that overcame the Polish people. Szpilman's account has an immediacy, vivid and anguished. The Sunday Telegraph
""Stunning . . . Filled with unforgettable incidents, images, and people." --The Wall Street Journal
"Remarkable . . . a document of lasting historical and human value." --The Los Angeles Times
"Historically indispensible." --Washington Post Book World
"The Pianist is a great book." --The Boston Globe
"Even by the standards set be Holocaust memoirs, this book is a stunner." --Seattle Weekly
"A stunning tribute to what one human being can endure, The Pianist is even more--a testimony to the redemptive power of fellow feeling." --The Plain Dealer
"Distinguished by [Szpilman's] dazzling clarity . . . Remarkably lucid." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A striking Holocaust memoir that conveys with exceptional immediacy and cool reportage the author's desperate fight for survival." --Kirkus Reviews
"The Pianist is a book so fresh and vivid, so heartbreaking, and so simply and beautifully written, that it manages to tell us the story of horrendous events as if for the first time . . . an altogether unforgettable book. " --The Daily Telegraph
"Wladyslaw Szpilman's memoir of life in Nazi-occupied Warsaw and the Jewish ghetto has a singular vividness. All is conveyed with an understated intimacy and dailiness that render them painfully close." --The Observer
"It is all told with a simple clarity that lodges the story in one's stomach through a mixture of disgust, terror, despair, rage, and guilt that grips the reader almost gently. " --The Spectator
"Illuminates vividly the horror that overcame the Polish people. Szpilman's account has an immediacy, vivid and anguished." --The Sunday Telegraph
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