Schindler's List

Name: Schindler's List
Brand: Simon & Schuster Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Thomas Keneally
ISBN: 9780743548045

Author: Thomas Keneally

Narrator: Ben Kingsley

Abridged: 4 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Published: 12/01/1993

Categories: Fiction, Media Tie-in, Historical Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

In remembrance of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the Nazi concentration camps, this award-winning, bestselling work of Holocaust fiction, inspiration for the classic film and “masterful account of the growth of the human soul” (Los Angeles Times Book Review), returns with an all-new introduction by the author.

An “extraordinary” (The New York Review of Books) novel based on the true story of how German war profiteer and factory director Oskar Schindler came to save more Jews from the gas chambers than any other single person during World War II. In this milestone of Holocaust literature, Thomas Keneally, author of The Book of Science and Antiquities and The Daughter of Mars, uses the actual testimony of the Schindlerjuden—Schindler’s Jews—to brilliantly portray the courage and cunning of a good man in the midst of unspeakable evil. “Astounding…in this case the truth is far more powerful than anything the imagination could invent” (Newsweek).

About Thomas Keneally

Thomas Keneally began his writing career in 1964 and has published thirty-three novels since, most recently Crimes of the Father, Napoleon’s Last Island, Shame and the Captives, and the New York Times bestselling The Daughters of Mars. He is also the author of Schindler’s List, which won the Booker Prize in 1982, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Gossip from the Forest, and Confederates, all of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He has also written several works of nonfiction, including his boyhood memoir Homebush Boy, The Commonwealth of Thieves, and Searching for Schindler. He is married with two daughters and lives in Sydney, Australia.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Fabian on March 25, 2019

I was sort of familiar with the Schindler legacy--probably seen the film 5 or 6 times. (Isn't it peculiar that although it is regarded as one of the best biographies/films of all time it hardly ever makes it on any person's personal favorites lists? Blame the subject matter entirely.) So this is bas......more

Goodreads review by Colin on October 01, 2024

I read the original version, 'Schindler's Ark'. Amazing book. Why was the title changed? Maybe in line with Spielberg's cinematic yet confronting masterpiece?......more

Goodreads review by Manny on March 27, 2010

Certain people (you know who you are) were suggesting the other day that no one actually reads Thomas Keneally. Well, I notice surprisingly few reviews here, so maybe the accusation has some substance. At any rate, I did read the book, and really liked it. Quite apart from anything else, it's an insp......more

Goodreads review by Shirley on August 12, 2018

I read this book some time ago and I also watched the movie. I am not ashamed to say that this book and the film made me cry. Such a terrible time in our history when so much suffering was caused to so many. Thank God for people such as this who risked there own lives to save others.......more

Goodreads review by Maciek on August 19, 2016

"The list is an absolute good. The list is life. All around its cramped margins lies the gulf." The story behind the book which brought the story of Oskar Schindler to the world is almost as interesting as the story of Schindler himself. In October 1980, Thomas Keneally - already an established a......more