Schindler's Ark (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: First UK Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed,Previous owner
Condition remarks: Boards: Rubbed edges; binding remains tight. Pages: light foxing on the book block. Markings: penned inscription to the fep. Flat signed by the author on the title page.
One of the most shattering novels to emerge from the ruins of the Second World War, Schindler's Ark chronicles the extraordinary true story of Oskar Schindler — a vain, flamboyant German industrialist and war profiteer who, amid the systematic murder of Polish Jews in Nazi-occupied Kraków, became an unlikely saviour to over a thousand souls. Drawing on the testimonies of Schindler's Jews themselves, Thomas Keneally constructs a narrative of moral paradox and breathtaking human courage, presenting a man who was simultaneously a member of the Nazi party and a guardian angel operating at extraordinary personal risk within the very machinery of genocide. Awarded the Booker Prize in 1982, Schindler's Ark occupies a singular place in 20th-century literature — a work that blurs the boundary between documentary and fiction, bearing witness to atrocity while illuminating the inexplicable capacity for grace that can surface even in the darkest of times. Keneally's prose is unflinching yet deeply humane, rich with the moral weight of a story that refuses easy resolution. Later adapted into Steven Spielberg's landmark film Schindler's List, the novel remains the definitive account of a man whose conscience awoke too late — and yet just in time. Notably, this copy bears the author's own signature on the title page, making it a truly rare and collectible edition.
Author: Thomas Keneally
Format: Hardback
Published: 1982, Hodder and Stoughton
Genre: Historical fiction
Edition: First UK Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed,Previous owner
Condition remarks: Boards: Rubbed edges; binding remains tight. Pages: light foxing on the book block. Markings: penned inscription to the fep. Flat signed by the author on the title page.
One of the most shattering novels to emerge from the ruins of the Second World War, Schindler's Ark chronicles the extraordinary true story of Oskar Schindler — a vain, flamboyant German industrialist and war profiteer who, amid the systematic murder of Polish Jews in Nazi-occupied Kraków, became an unlikely saviour to over a thousand souls. Drawing on the testimonies of Schindler's Jews themselves, Thomas Keneally constructs a narrative of moral paradox and breathtaking human courage, presenting a man who was simultaneously a member of the Nazi party and a guardian angel operating at extraordinary personal risk within the very machinery of genocide. Awarded the Booker Prize in 1982, Schindler's Ark occupies a singular place in 20th-century literature — a work that blurs the boundary between documentary and fiction, bearing witness to atrocity while illuminating the inexplicable capacity for grace that can surface even in the darkest of times. Keneally's prose is unflinching yet deeply humane, rich with the moral weight of a story that refuses easy resolution. Later adapted into Steven Spielberg's landmark film Schindler's List, the novel remains the definitive account of a man whose conscience awoke too late — and yet just in time. Notably, this copy bears the author's own signature on the title page, making it a truly rare and collectible edition.