| Schindler's List Contributor(s): Keneally, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0671880314 ISBN-13: 9780671880316 Publisher: Atria Books OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1993 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Reissued to coincide with the release of Steven Spielberg's film of the same name from Universal Pictures, this Booker Prize-winning novel tells the true story of one remarkable man who outwitted the Nazis to save more Jews during WWII than any single person. "A masterful account of the growth of the human soul". --LA Times Book Review. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Religion | Judaism - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 82010489 |
| Lexile Measure: 1150 |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 5.66" W x 8.38" (0.80 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 16723 Reading Level: 8.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 25.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of the Booker Prize Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Fiction "Schindler's List" is a remarkable work of fiction based on the true story of German industrialist and war profiteer, Oskar Schindler, who, confronted with the horror of the extermination camps, gambled his life and fortune to rescue 1,300 Jews from the gas chambers. Working with the actual testimony of Schindler's Jews, Thomas Keneally artfully depicts the courage and shrewdness of an unlikely savior, a man who is a flawed mixture of hedonism and decency and who, in the presence of unutterable evil, transcends the limits of his own humanity. |
Contributor Bio(s): Keneally, Thomas: - Thomas Keneally began his writing career in 1964 and has published thirty-three novels since, most recently Crimes of the Father, Napoleon's Last Island, Shame and the Captives, and the New York Times bestselling The Daughters of Mars. His novels include Schindler's List, which won the Booker Prize in 1982, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Gossip from the Forest, and Confederates, all of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He has also written several works of nonfiction, including his boyhood memoir Homebush Boy, The Commonwealth of Thieves, and Searching for Schindler. He is married with two daughters and lives in Sydney, Australia. |