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Schindler's Ark: The Booker Prize Winning Novel Filmed As Schindler's List'
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 DescriptionMade into the award-winning film 'Schindler's List'. In the shadow of Auschwitz, a flamboyant German industrialist grew into a living legend to the Jews of Cracow. He was a womaniser, a heavy drinker and a bon viveur, but to them he became a saviour. This is the extraordinary story of Oskar Schindler, who risked his life to protect Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland and who was transformed by the war into a man with a mission, a compassionate angel of mercy. Author descriptionThomas Keneally has been shortlisted for the Booker 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 including Homebush Boy", a memoir. |
