{"product_id":"9781472147868","title":"The Piano Player of Budapest","description":"Author: Roxanne de Bastion\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781472147868\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 07 Oct 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne man, his piano and their miraculous survival.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Extraordinary' Baroness Julia Neuberger\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Powerful and gruelling ... an almost unimaginable story of horror and survival' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Stunning. A beautiful blend of action, poetry, thought-provoking comment and music ... just brilliant' \u003c\/b\u003eJames Ainscough OBE\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A gripping narrative of suffering, loss and survival, with music at its heart' \u003c\/b\u003eFiona Maddocks\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A profound and beautiful book, about the power of music to carry hope and love through generations' \u003c\/b\u003eJulian Borger\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll future, freedom and success lay ahead of young pianist Stephen de Bastion in 1930s Hungary. Life whirled headily around cocktails, romance, applause and the buzz of Budapest late into the night. Then, 1939. Stephen's world disintegrates and this becomes a story of his brutal descent, of his time in labour camps, of Mauthausen and Gunskirchen and the unimaginable horrors he endured during the Holocaust as a man of Jewish descent. Yet, this is also a tale of extraordinary escape ... and the piano, waiting for him.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe same piano that Roxanne de Bastion, his granddaughter, inherits when her father dies. It has been in the family over one hundred years but it is only when, deep in grief, she discovers a cassette recording of Stephen, that the astonishing history of the piano, the man and her family begins to unravel. Weaving together his original recordings, unpublished memoirs, letters and documents, Roxanne sings out her grandfather's story of music and hope, lost and found. Luminous and profoundly moving, this book captures the great spirit of one man in the face of darkness and the hope that echoes down through generations.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46378752966814,"sku":"ADS-9781472147868","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781472147868.jpg?v=1767759295","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781472147868","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}