The Pianist from Budapest. The True Story of a Musician Who Survived the Holocaust

The Pianist from Budapest. The True Story of a Musician Who Survived the Holocaust

Budapest in the 1930s. Ahead of the young pianist Steven de Bastion is freedom, dizzying success, and public recognition. Everything changes in 1939 when Steven's world shatters into "before" and "after" with the onset of World War II: ahead are... the concentration camps of Mauthausen and Gunskirchen,
the unimaginable horrors faced by a person of Jewish descent. Thanks to an incredible strength of character, Steven finds the courage to escape and return home.
Roxana de Bastion, the pianist's granddaughter, inherits her grandfather's piano and many years later finds and decodes cassette recordings in which he tells his story.
Weaving together his original recordings, unpublished memoirs, letters, and documents, Roxana recreates her family's history, describing all the sorrows and misfortunes they endured.
Bright and deeply touching, the book conveys the great spirit of one man in the face of darkness and the hope that resonates through generations.

Author: Роксана де Бастион

Printhouse: AST

Series: Living History: War, People, and Destinies

Age restrictions: 16+

Year of publication: 2025

ISBN: 9785171701703

Number of pages: 320

Size: 208х135х18 mm

Cover type: hard

Weight: 346 g

ID: 1727070

Budapest in the 1930s. Ahead of the young pianist Steven de Bastion is freedom, dizzying success, and public recognition. Everything changes in 1939 when Steven's world shatters into "before" and "after" with the onset of World War II: ahead are the concentration camps of Mauthausen and Gunskirchen,
the unimaginable horrors faced by a person of Jewish descent. Thanks to an incredible strength of character, Steven finds the courage to escape and return home.
Roxana de Bastion, the pianist's granddaughter, inherits her grandfather's piano and many years later finds and decodes cassette recordings in which he tells his story.
Weaving together his original recordings, unpublished memoirs, letters, and documents, Roxana recreates her family's history, describing all the sorrows and misfortunes they endured.
Bright and deeply touching, the book conveys the great spirit of one man in the face of darkness and the hope that resonates through generations.