num_pages: 640
description: Riveting &amp; compelling, The Wall tells the inspiring story of forty men &amp; women who escape the dehumanizing horror of the Warsaw ghetto. John Hersey's novel documents the Warsaw ghetto both as an emblem of Nazi persecution &amp; as a personal confrontation with torture, starvation, humiliation &amp; cruelty--a gripping, visceral story, impossible to put down.
language: English
title: The Wall
titlecomplete: The Wall
genres: Jewish, Historical Fiction, Historical, Novels, Poland, Classics, War, Fiction, Holocaust, World War II
ratings_count: 2019
places: Warsaw Ghetto
awards: awardedAt: -599587200000
name: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: -631123200000
name: National Jewish Book Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Vintage Books