Schindler's Ark
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Schindler's Ark is a landmark work of historical fiction — and one of the most powerful accounts of the Holocaust ever written. Thomas Keneally chronicles the extraordinary true story of Oskar Schindler, a flamboyant German industrialist and opportunist who, against all moral expectation, saved more than 1,200 Jewish lives during World War II by employing them in his factories. Drawing on the testimonies of Schindler Jews from around the world, Keneally reconstructs the horror of Nazi-occupied Poland with unflinching precision, placing Schindler's almost inexplicable acts of humanity against a backdrop of systematic genocide. The narrative moves with the urgency of a thriller yet carries the moral weight of testimony, capturing how one deeply flawed man became an unlikely saviour amid the machinery of mass murder. Winner of the Booker Prize in 1982, this is the book that inspired Steven Spielberg's iconic film Schindler's List and remains an essential record of courage, conscience, and survival.
Author: Thomas Keneally
Format: Hardback
Published: 1982, Hodder and Stoughton
Genre: Historical fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Schindler's Ark is a landmark work of historical fiction — and one of the most powerful accounts of the Holocaust ever written. Thomas Keneally chronicles the extraordinary true story of Oskar Schindler, a flamboyant German industrialist and opportunist who, against all moral expectation, saved more than 1,200 Jewish lives during World War II by employing them in his factories. Drawing on the testimonies of Schindler Jews from around the world, Keneally reconstructs the horror of Nazi-occupied Poland with unflinching precision, placing Schindler's almost inexplicable acts of humanity against a backdrop of systematic genocide. The narrative moves with the urgency of a thriller yet carries the moral weight of testimony, capturing how one deeply flawed man became an unlikely saviour amid the machinery of mass murder. Winner of the Booker Prize in 1982, this is the book that inspired Steven Spielberg's iconic film Schindler's List and remains an essential record of courage, conscience, and survival.