Władysław Szpilman Ordre des livres (chronologique)

The 75th Anniversary Edition of the memoir that inspired Roman Polanski's Oscar-winning film, with a new introduction by Szpilman's son, Andrzej 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 in the immediate aftermath of the war, The Pianist conveys a shattering immediacy found in few books about that time and stands as a stunning testament to human endurance and healing through compassion. This edition includes a foreword by Andrzej Szpilman, extracts from the diary of Wilm Hosenfeld, and an epilogue by Wolf Biermann.

Septembre 1939. L'invasion de la Pologne, décrétée par Hitler, vient déclencher la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Varsovie est écrasée sous les bombes; à la radio résonnent les derniers accords d'un nocturne de Chopin. Le pianiste Wladyslaw Szpilman est contraint de rejoindre le ghetto nazi recrée au coeur de la ville. Là, il va subir l'horreur au quotidien avec la menace permanente de la déportation. Miraculeusement rescapé de l'enfer, grâce à un officier allemand mélomane, le pianiste témoigne au lendemain de la victoire alliée...