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Family History of Fear published by Knopf is on sale now. It is a dramatic and complex story about the fate of the author's Polish and Jewish ancestors. Here she combines her experience in biographical writing with personal non-fiction. |
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Vera Gran. The Accused. The extraordinary, controversial story of Vera Gran, beautiful, exotic prewar Polish singing star; legendary sensual contralto; Dietrich-like in tone, favorite of the 1930s Warsaw nightclubs, celebrated long before, and during, her year in the Warsaw ghetto (spring 1941-summer 1942)... her piano accompanist: Wladyslaw Szpilman, made famous by Roman Polanski's Oscar-winning film, The Pianist, based on Szpilman's memoir of the same name.. more Published by KNOPF Publishers, |