{"product_id":"the-pianist","title":"The Pianist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe memoir that inspired Roman Polanski's Oscar-winning film, which won the Cannes Film Festival's most prestigious prize--the Palme d'Or.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e Named one of the Best Books of 1999 by the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn September 23, 1939, Wladyslaw Szpilman played Chopin's Nocturne in C-sharp minor live on the radio as shells exploded outside--so loudly that he couldn't hear his piano. It was the last live music broadcast from Warsaw: That day, a German bomb hit the station, and Polish Radio went off the air. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThough he lost his entire family, Szpilman survived in hiding. In the end, his life was saved by a German officer who heard him play the same Chopin Nocturne on a piano found among the rubble. Written immediately after the war and suppressed for decades, \u003ci\u003eThe Pianist \u003c\/i\u003eis a stunning testament to human endurance and the redemptive power of fellow feeling.","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50804524318952,"sku":"9780312263768","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0810\/9539\/3512\/files\/imageloader_e46a7914-c0e2-4969-afe6-a7bc85a4c9a4.jpg?v=1790299979","url":"https:\/\/kuumba-47muwsn1.myshopify.com\/products\/the-pianist","provider":"Kuumba","version":"1.0","type":"link"}