Playing for Time

Fiction & Literature, Classics, Literary
Cover of the book Playing for Time by Arthur Miller, Penguin Publishing Group
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Arthur Miller ISBN: 9781101992012
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Publication: December 1, 2015
Imprint: Penguin Books Language: English
Author: Arthur Miller
ISBN: 9781101992012
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication: December 1, 2015
Imprint: Penguin Books
Language: English

A searing drama of the Holocaust—and the remarkable, moving story of the Auschwitz Women’s Orchestra

Paris, 1942. Fania Fénelon, a popular Jewish nightclub singer, is arrested by the occupying Germans. Sent to Auschwitz in a packed freight-car, shorn of her hair, tattooed with an identifying number, starved, and subjected to harsh labor, she loses all traces of her former self. But her life at the camp changes dramatically when she is drafted into the Women’s Orchestra, a desperate little ensemble that marches the prisoners out to work and gives concerts for the German high brass. Led by Alma Rosé, a sternly ambitious German-Jewish conductor who knows that her job is a matter of life and death, Fania and her fellow musicians must confront the horror taking place around them while pushing themselves to create beauty in the midst of despair.

Based on Fania Fénelon’s memoir of the same name, Arthur Miller’s Playing for Time was first produced as a CBS television drama starring Vanessa Redgrave before being adapted for the stage.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

A searing drama of the Holocaust—and the remarkable, moving story of the Auschwitz Women’s Orchestra

Paris, 1942. Fania Fénelon, a popular Jewish nightclub singer, is arrested by the occupying Germans. Sent to Auschwitz in a packed freight-car, shorn of her hair, tattooed with an identifying number, starved, and subjected to harsh labor, she loses all traces of her former self. But her life at the camp changes dramatically when she is drafted into the Women’s Orchestra, a desperate little ensemble that marches the prisoners out to work and gives concerts for the German high brass. Led by Alma Rosé, a sternly ambitious German-Jewish conductor who knows that her job is a matter of life and death, Fania and her fellow musicians must confront the horror taking place around them while pushing themselves to create beauty in the midst of despair.

Based on Fania Fénelon’s memoir of the same name, Arthur Miller’s Playing for Time was first produced as a CBS television drama starring Vanessa Redgrave before being adapted for the stage.

More books from Penguin Publishing Group

Cover of the book Murder of a Cranky Catnapper by Arthur Miller
Cover of the book The Gunsmith #399 by Arthur Miller
Cover of the book Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secessions to Loyalty by Arthur Miller
Cover of the book Big Week by Arthur Miller
Cover of the book The Spinster Sisters by Arthur Miller
Cover of the book Creation in Death by Arthur Miller
Cover of the book Black Dawn by Arthur Miller
Cover of the book Pale Rose of England by Arthur Miller
Cover of the book Michelangelo's Notebook by Arthur Miller
Cover of the book Einstein's War by Arthur Miller
Cover of the book Queen Sugar by Arthur Miller
Cover of the book French Impressions: by Arthur Miller
Cover of the book Sempre Susan by Arthur Miller
Cover of the book Mr. Impossible by Arthur Miller
Cover of the book Cotton's Devil by Arthur Miller
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy