Searching For Schindler by Thomas Keneally
In 1980 Thomas Keneally walked into a shop inBeverleyHills to buy a briefcase, an impulse that was to change his life. For the owner, Leopold Pfefferberg, had a story he'd been trying to interest writers andHollywood in for years. It was the story of Oskar Schindler. In SEARCHING FOR SCHINDLER, Keneally describes how he went on to discover the full, extraordinary tale of the Aryan who risked his life to save hundreds of Jews in Nazi-occupiedPoland, interviewing many of the survivors around the world. Here, for the first time, he fills in what happened to them, as well as to Schindler and his wife, in the decades after the war. And he gives a fascinating account of how his novel SCHINDLER'S ARK was published, its controversial winning of the Booker Prize, and the long road to its becoming the phenomenally successful film Schindler's List. Filled with entertaining anecdotes about the many people involved, from Steven Spielberg and Liam Neeson to Keneally's own family, SEARCHING FOR SCHINDLER gives a unique insight into the creation of a modern classic.Paying tribute to the irrepressible Poldek, it sheds renewed light on a remarkable instance of humanity amid the greatest inhumanity mankind has known.
'Had I read SEARCHING FOR SCHINDLER before making the film, I may have made it an hour longerI owe you so much. The world owes you more.' -- Steven Spielberg on SEARCHING FOR SCHINDLER 'Keneally is incapable of writing a dull book. This memoir, listed as his 38th publication, is no exception' -- Andrew Riemer, Sydney Morning Herald 'Australia is lucky to have Keneally. Few writers have a public voice that one wants to follow into the bedroom. He combines Tom Wolfe's expansiveness with the uncorkable energy of Anthony Burgess.' -- Nicholas Shakespeare, Daily Telegraph on THE COMMONWEALTH OF THIEVES
Thomas Keneally has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize four times and won it with SCHINDLER'S ARK in 1982. His novels have been filmed - SCHINDLER'S LIST and THE CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH - and dramatised - THE PLAYMAKER. He has also written several works of non-fiction.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340963258 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340963255 |
| Title | Searching For Schindler |
| Author | Thomas Keneally |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2008-10-16 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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