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'An extraordinary achievement' (Graham Greene )
'Brilliantly detailed, moving, powerful and gripping' ( The Times )
'Thomas Keneally has done marvellous justice to a marvellous story' ( Sunday Times )
'Keneally is a superb storyteller. With SCHINDLER'S ARK he has given us his best book yet, a magnificent novel which held me from the first page to the last' (Alan Sillitoe )
'This remarkable book has the immediacy and the almost unbearable detail of a thousand eye witnesses who forgot nothing' ( New York Times Book Review )
'Brilliantly detailed, moving, powerful and gripping' ( The Times )
'Thomas Keneally has done marvellous justice to a marvellous story' ( Sunday Times )
'Keneally is a superb storyteller. With SCHINDLER'S ARK he has given us his best book yet, a magnificent novel which held me from the first page to the last' (Alan Sillitoe )
'This remarkable book has the immediacy and the almost unbearable detail of a thousand eye witnesses who forgot nothing' ( New York Times Book Review )
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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful
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This is Oskar Schindler' story. A story of determination, strength and courage in the face of adversity. Schindler was a German businessman and Nazi party member. Wealthy and successful, he decided to set up a factory in Poland producing supplies for the German army in Russia. He would employ Jews.
Initially, you do not picture Schindler as a philanthropist. He is an entrepreneur, his passion is money and the full enjoyment of life in luxury. As the story progresses, and he witnesses atrocities and acts of inhumanity towards the Jews, he uses his own money to bribe the SS and Police and to buy Jews to work for him, thus saving them from a very uncertain future in the hands of the SS.
As the rest of the world stood by and did little, we learn of one man's quest to do as much as he could for those in his care.
It is not fair to say that others did not help, but Schindler clearly went further than most. This is a moving and heartbreaking story. In the end, Schindler made an enormous personal sacrifice, and put himself in danger to save those his countrymen were murdering. He saved one thousand lives. The death of Oscar Schindler was mourned by Jewish communities worldwide.
This story was the inspiration for the acclaimed film Schindler's List' starring Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley and Ralph Fiennes. The film is as good as the book.
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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I watched Schindlers List, and decided to read the book that inspired the film. The attention to detail in extraordinary, and Keneally draws you into the terrifying, upside down world of Cracow during WW2. What really gets to you is how the corrupt Nazi machine, slowly ratchet the Jews towards their awful fate, and how evil seems to be accepted and tolerated almost without question. Schindler's complex character dominates the story, as his sheer force of charisma keeps the hopes of the Pfferbergs, Sterns, Bankiers and the workers in his plant alive. A great book that can't fail to affect the reader very deeply.
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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From the pen of one of Australia's finest authors, Schindlewr's Ark is a compelling and powerful novel based on the life and remakable deeds of a roguish businessman with a conscience. A man who takes it upon himself to employ his cunning and tenacity to the full in order to save 1000 jews from the death camps during the war. The research that went into this book is impressive, and the writing as ever, eloquent. The true story is extraordinary in itself; in the hands of Keneally it is gripping. One can't help feeling that it is works of this calibre that help keep the memories of the The Third Reich's innocent victims alive today.
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Schindler,s List
This is a text that everyone should read! It is about the horrors of the Second World War and the holocaust. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Forrester
Fascinating story
The story of Oskar Schindler shows how even the hedonistic played their part in rescuing the defenceless. It is written so well I have read it four times.
Published 3 months ago by Renu
A Level
Read this book as a mature student doing A level English, had never heard of it, was well before the film was made.
Its really absorbing.
Its really absorbing.
Published 7 months ago by helonwheels
Unbelievable
The film actually inspired me to read more about WW2, the atrocities and the Holocaust. This is by far one of the best books I have read, fiction or non-fiction. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Ash
Vivid and Relevant
I first read this book for A level English Literature more years ago than I care to remember and certainly before the film was released. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Ms. C. L. Ashcroft
Strange account of a strange hero
Very matter of fact, though sometimes the more moving for that. Rarely does it shed any light on Schindler's inner life or motivations - it really isn't clear why he did so much or... Read more
Published on 18 May 2010 by Jezza
An importand read, but not an easy one
The story of Oscar Schindler is a fascinatring one, and this book is helpful in understanding the man. Read more
Published on 14 Feb 2010 by David Meikle
Justice is served to this horrendous true story
Book Review - Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally
Schindler's Ark is a novel that depicts the horrific circumstances surrounding 1940s Poland. Read more
Schindler's Ark is a novel that depicts the horrific circumstances surrounding 1940s Poland. Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2010 by Ms. A. L. Young
A story of man one would have least have expected to save over two...
Schindlers Ark gives the true story of a man "Oscar Schindler" with a personality one would have least expected to have saved over two thousand Jews during the Second World War. Read more
Published on 3 Jan 2010 by Rose J. Humphries
Schindler's Ark
moving true story of transformation of a businessman and the saving of a group of doomed Jews in WW2
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