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Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally
***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
An extraordinary achievement -- Graham Greene, author of BRIGHTON ROCK
Brilliantly detailed, moving, powerful and gripping * The Times *
Thomas Keneally has done marvellous justice to a marvellous story * Sunday Times *
This remarkable book has the immediacy and the almost unbearable detail of a thousand eye witnesses who forgot nothing * New York Times Book Review *
Keneally is a superb storytellerWith Schindler's Ark he has given us his best book yet, a magnificent novel which held me from the first page to the last -- Alan Sillitoe, author of SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING
An extraordinary tale . . .no summary can adequately convey the stratagems and reverses and sudden twists of fortune . . . A notable achievement * New York Review of Books *
A magnificent book, powerful, harrowing and beautifully written * Sunday Express *
A fine and moving story * Evening Standard *
Fascinating, expertly told and impossible to put down * Bookseller *
Magnificent . . . Beautifully written * Mail on Sunday *
A masterful account of the growth of the human soul * Los Angeles Times *
An astounding story . . . in this case the truth is far more powerful than anything the imagination could invent * Newsweek *
Brilliantly detailed, moving, powerful and gripping * The Times *
Thomas Keneally has done marvellous justice to a marvellous story * Sunday Times *
This remarkable book has the immediacy and the almost unbearable detail of a thousand eye witnesses who forgot nothing * New York Times Book Review *
Keneally is a superb storytellerWith Schindler's Ark he has given us his best book yet, a magnificent novel which held me from the first page to the last -- Alan Sillitoe, author of SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING
An extraordinary tale . . .no summary can adequately convey the stratagems and reverses and sudden twists of fortune . . . A notable achievement * New York Review of Books *
A magnificent book, powerful, harrowing and beautifully written * Sunday Express *
A fine and moving story * Evening Standard *
Fascinating, expertly told and impossible to put down * Bookseller *
Magnificent . . . Beautifully written * Mail on Sunday *
A masterful account of the growth of the human soul * Los Angeles Times *
An astounding story . . . in this case the truth is far more powerful than anything the imagination could invent * Newsweek *
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 written several works of non-fiction, including his memoir Homebush Boy, Searching for Schindler and Australians. He is married with two daughters and lives in Sydney.
| SKU | CIN0340936290G |
| ISBN 13 | 9780340936290 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340936290 |
| Title | Schindler's Ark |
| Author | Thomas Keneally |
| Condition | Good |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2006-12-28 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
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