by Thomas Keneally · Sceptre · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780340606513
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«Schindler's List» is the historical novel by Thomas Keneally, published by Sceptre in paperback (432 pages, in English).
It reconstructs the true story of Oskar Schindler, a dissolute German industrialist who, during the Nazi occupation of Poland, defied the SS to protect the Jews employed in his factory. Keneally draws on testimonies and documents from Kraków to narrate how a hedonistic man became a savior.
The novel was originally published as «Schindler's Ark» and won the Booker Prize in 1982.
Aimed at readers of historical fiction about the Second World War and the Holocaust.
Thomas Michael Keneally is an Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and actor. He is best known for his historical fiction novel Schindler's Ark, the story of Oskar Schindler's rescue of Jews during the Holocaust, which won the Booker Prize in 1982. The book would later be adapted into Steven Spielberg's 1993 film Schindler's List, which won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
