This is the captivating story behind Schindler.s List, the Booker Prize.
winning book and the Academy Award-winning Spielberg film. Keneally tells
the tale of the unlikely encounter that propelled him to write about Oskar
Schindler and of the impact of his extraordinary account on people around
the world.

Thomas Keneally met Leopold .Poldek. Pfefferberg, the owner of a Beverly
Hills luggage shop, in 1981. Poldek, a Polish Jew and a Holocaust survivor,
had a tale he wanted the world to know. Charming, charismatic, and persistent,
he convinced Keneally to relate the incredible story of .the all-drinking,
all-screwing, all-black-marketeering Nazi, Oskar Schindler. But to me he was
Jesus Christ..

Searching for Schindler is the engrossing chronicle of Keneally.s pursuit
of one of history.s most fascinating and paradoxical heroes. Traveling
throughout the United States, Germany, Israel, Poland, and Austria, Keneally
and Poldek interviewed people who had known Schindler and uncovered their
indelible memories of the Holocaust. Keneally.s powerful narrative rose
quickly to the top of bestseller lists. Steven Spielberg.s magnificent film
adaptation went on to fulfill Poldek.s dream of winning .an Oscar for Oskar..
(Keneally.s anecdotes about Spielberg, Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, and other
cast members will delight film buffs.)

Written with candor and humor, Searching for Schindler is an intimate look
at Keneally.s growth as a writer and the enormous success of his portrait
of Oskar Schindler.

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