num_pages: 640
description: Three stories are told: a young Southerner wants to become a writer; a turbulent love-hate affair between a brilliant Jew and a beautiful Polish woman; and of an awful wound in that woman's past--one that impels both Sophie and Nathan toward destruction.
language: English
title: Sophie's Choice
titlecomplete: Sophie's Choice
characters: Stingo, Nathan Landau, Sophie Zawistowska
genres: Historical Fiction, Historical, Novels, Literature, Classics, War, Banned Books, Fiction, Holocaust, World War II
ratings_count: 89707
places: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York
awards: awardedAt: 315561600000
name: National Book Award
category: Fiction (Hardcover), awardedAt: 284025600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Vintage Books