num_pages: 562
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: Nathan Landau, Stingo, Sophie Zawistowska
genres: Classics, Banned Books, Historical, World War II, Holocaust, War, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 89711
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