Schindler's Ark

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The acclaimed No. 1 bestseller, now a

film by Steven Spielberg

A stunning novel based on the true story of how German war profiteer and prison camp Direktor 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 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. “A masterful account of the growth of the human soul.”

--Los Angeles Times Book Review “An extraordinary tale ... no summary can adequately convey the stratagems and reverses and sudden twists of fortune. ... A notable achievement.”

--The New York Review of

Books

THOMAS KENEALLY, novelist, playwright, and

producer, is the author of numerous critically

acclaimed novels, including The Chant of

Jimmie Blacksmith, The Playmaker,

A Family Madness, and Woman of the

Inner Sea.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

THE PLACE AT WHITTON

THE FEAR

BRING LARKS AND HEROES

THREE CHEERS FOR THE PARACLETE

THE SURVIVOR

A DUTIFUL DAUGHTER

THE CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH

BLOOD RED, SISTER ROSE

GOSSIP FROM THE FOREST

SEASON IN PURGATORY

A VICTIM OF THE AURORA

PASSENGER

CONFEDERATES

A FAMILY MADNESS

THE PLAYMAKER

TO ASMARA