Text Plus: Schindler's Ark (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Signed
One of the most extraordinary true stories to emerge from the ruins of the Second World War, Schindler's Ark chronicles the remarkable life of Oskar Schindler — a flamboyant, hard-drinking German industrialist and unlikely saviour — who rescued over 1,100 Jewish men, women, and children from the murderous machinery of the Nazi Holocaust. Set against the blood-soaked backdrop of Kraków's Jewish ghetto and the Płaszów concentration camp, Thomas Keneally's gripping narrative reconstructs, with forensic detail and emotional depth, how one morally complex man transformed his enamelware factory into a sanctuary against genocide. Winner of the Booker Prize in 1982, this landmark work occupies a singular position at the intersection of history and literature, blurring the boundaries between fact and fiction in a manner that sparked significant critical debate. Keneally's prose is urgent and unflinching, drawing on interviews with Schindler's survivors — the *Schindlerjuden* — to present a portrait of heroism born not of ideology, but of conscience, opportunism, and ultimately, grace. This is a book that refuses to release its reader; its final pages leave an indelible mark on all who dare to ask what it truly means to act in the face of evil.
Author: Thomas Keneally
Format: Hardback
Published: 1989, Hodder and Stoughton
Genre: Historical fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Signed
One of the most extraordinary true stories to emerge from the ruins of the Second World War, Schindler's Ark chronicles the remarkable life of Oskar Schindler — a flamboyant, hard-drinking German industrialist and unlikely saviour — who rescued over 1,100 Jewish men, women, and children from the murderous machinery of the Nazi Holocaust. Set against the blood-soaked backdrop of Kraków's Jewish ghetto and the Płaszów concentration camp, Thomas Keneally's gripping narrative reconstructs, with forensic detail and emotional depth, how one morally complex man transformed his enamelware factory into a sanctuary against genocide. Winner of the Booker Prize in 1982, this landmark work occupies a singular position at the intersection of history and literature, blurring the boundaries between fact and fiction in a manner that sparked significant critical debate. Keneally's prose is urgent and unflinching, drawing on interviews with Schindler's survivors — the *Schindlerjuden* — to present a portrait of heroism born not of ideology, but of conscience, opportunism, and ultimately, grace. This is a book that refuses to release its reader; its final pages leave an indelible mark on all who dare to ask what it truly means to act in the face of evil.