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Searching For Schindler: The true story behind the Booker Prize winning novel ´Schindler´s Ark´
Thomas Keneally
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Description for Searching For Schindler: The true story behind the Booker Prize winning novel ´Schindler´s Ark´
Paperback. A fascinating retelling of Oskar Schindler's extraordinary story and how it came to the world's attention through Thomas Keneally's Booker Prize-winning novel and the subsequent multiple Oscar-winning film, Schindler's List Num Pages: 336 pages, 16pp B&W photos. BIC Classification: BM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
The extraordinary tale of Oskar Schindler, the Aryan who saved hundreds of Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland, is now legendary, but as Tom Keneally reveals in this absorbing memoir, luck and the dogged persistence of one of 'Schindler's Jews' were vital in bringing it to the world's attention through his Booker Prize-winning novel, SCHINDLER'S ARK and the subsequent film, SCHINDLER'S LIST.
Entertaining, inspiring and filled with anecdotes about the many people involved, from the survivors Keneally interviewed to Steven Spielberg and Liam Neeson, Searching for Schindler gives a revealing insight into a writer's mind and the creation of a modern ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340963265
SKU
9780340963265
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About Thomas Keneally
Thomas Keneally began his writing career in 1964 and has published more than thirty novels since. They include Schindler's Ark, which won the Booker Prize in 1982 and was subsequently made into the film Schindler's List, and The Chant Of Jimmie Blacksmith, Confederates and Gossip From The Forest, each of which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He has also ... Read more
Reviews for Searching For Schindler: The true story behind the Booker Prize winning novel ´Schindler´s Ark´
Had I read SEARCHING FOR SCHINDLER before making the film, I may have made it an hour longer. I owe you so much. The world owes you more.
Steven Spielberg
Keneally is incapable of writing a dull book. This memoir, listed as his 38th publication, is no exception
Andrew Riemer, Sydney Morning Herald
a fascinating absorbing ... Read more
Steven Spielberg
Keneally is incapable of writing a dull book. This memoir, listed as his 38th publication, is no exception
Andrew Riemer, Sydney Morning Herald
a fascinating absorbing ... Read more