Schindler's Ark: The Booker Prize winning novel filmed as ‘Schindler's List'

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Product ID:	9780340936290
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	Schindler's Ark
Subtitle:	The Booker Prize winning novel filmed as ‘Schindler's List'
Authors:	Author: Thomas Keneally
Page Count:	432
Subjects:	True war and combat stories, True war & combat stories, European history, The Holocaust, European history, The Holocaust
Description:	Select Guide Rating Winner of the Booker Prize and international bestseller *Winner of the Booker Prize* ''ONE OF THE WORLD''S GREATEST WRITERS'' Spectator ''Extraordinary'' Graham Greene ''Powerful'' The Times ''Marvellous'' Sunday Times The acclaimed bestselling classic of Holocaust literature, adapted into the award-winning film Schindler''s List In the shadow of Auschwitz, as thousands faced death in Nazi-occupied Poland, an unlikely saviour emerged. Oskar Schindler was a heavy-drinking, womanising industrialist who defied and outwitted the SS to save more Jews from the gas chambers than any other single person during World War II. Based on a true story, Schindler''s Ark is an astonishing tale of huge risks and great courage in the face of unspeakable evil. PRAISE FOR THOMAS KENEALLY ''A superb storyteller'' Alan Sillitoe ''One of the historical novel''s most expert practitioners'' *Guardian* ''A grand talent'' *The Times*
Imprint Name:	Sceptre
Publisher Name:	Hodder & Stoughton
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2006-12-28

Weight	304 g
Dimensions	197 × 129 × 28 mm