{"product_id":"9780312263768","title":"The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945","description":"\u003cp\u003eNamed one of the Best Books of 1999 by the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Pianist \u003c\/i\u003eis now a major motion picture directed by Roman Polanski and starring Adrien Brody (\u003ci\u003eSon of Sam\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003ci\u003eThe Pianist\u003c\/i\u003e won the Cannes Film Festival's most prestigious prize—the Palme d'Or.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027357221104,"sku":"9780312263768","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780312263768_p0.jpg?v=1763676557","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780312263768","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}