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Title: The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman by Andrzej Szczypiorski, Klara Glowczewska ISBN: 0-8021-3502-1 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: April, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great literature
Comment: I just finished reading this book aloud to my wife. "Beautifully written" would be too little praise for this piece of fine literature. I found it reminiscent of Tolstoy at his best, but it stands on it's own. Andrzej Szczypiorski tells the story, not of Mrs. Seidenman, but of humanity. The only thing that I can compare this book to is the film "Decalogue" by his fellow Pole Krystof Kieslowski. It is full of, how shall I put it?, perhaps "tenderness" for the plight, and the beauty, of people with all of their humanity. Like Tolstoy, he does it without sentimentality and allows us to see beyond the surface of each character. And, also like Tolstoy, he does so with words, sentences, paragraphs, that seem to flow effortlessly.
Do not be decieved that this is merely a novel "about" the holocaust, or Poland, or Catholicism. It is about people. From the sympathetic whore who gives shelter to a desperate Jewish boy to the Nazi who orders the deaths of Jews. We discover that neither the whore nor the Nazi could have done anything other than what they did.
A wonderful writer. A wonderful book. Not just a good read but a great experience.
Rating: 4
Summary: A story of survival
Comment: This one is along the lines of The Pianist. It's well written, and provides another view into a time that I still can't fathom.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Not So Simple Tale
Comment: The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman is one of the most beautifully written novels I have ever read. The author deftly weaves together several people's lives which converge during the same time period. There are no distilled characterizations of heroes or demons; rather, fairly ordinary and yet complex people who are trying to figure out how to live and survive in Nazi occupied Warsaw. To further exemplify how ordinary the characters are, Szczypiorski projects each person into their future to let the reader know what will become of him or her. This can be an artifical plot device but in this case, it is highely effecting. Moreover, it does not take the reader so much out of the present, rather it helps one to better undertand the complexity of each character--no matter how "simple" he or she may seem. This is a very full reading experience. It is thought provoking, affect laden and a really well told story. I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in the Holocaust and/or Poland.
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Title: The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945 by Wladyslaw Szpilman ISBN: 0312311354 Publisher: Picador USA Pub. Date: 20 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Girl in the Red Coat: A Memoir by Roma Ligocka, Iris Von Fickenstein, Margot Bettauer Dembo, Iris Finckenstein ISBN: 0312287941 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 18 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title:The Pianist (Music from the Motion Picture) ASIN: B00007E8SQ Publisher: Sony Pub. Date: 26 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $13.99 |
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Title:The Pianist: Original Recordings by Wladyslaw Szpilman ASIN: B00007KFRG Publisher: Brentwood Pub. Date: 17 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $9.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $9.98 |
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Title: Five Chimneys by Olga Lengyel ISBN: 0897333764 Publisher: Academy Chicago Pub Pub. Date: October, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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