num_pages: 632
description: In this extraordinary novel, Stingo, an inexperienced twenty-two year old Southerner, takes us back to the summer of 1947 and a boarding house in a leafy Brooklyn suburb. There, he meets Nathan, a fiery Jewish intellectual; and Sophie, a beautiful and fragile Polish Catholic. Stingo is drawn into the heart of their passionate and destructive relationship as witness, confidant and supplicant. Ultimately, he arrives at the dark core of Sophie's past: her memories of pre-war Poland, the concentration camp and - the essence of her terrible secret - her choice.
language: English
title: Sophie's Choice
titlecomplete: Sophie's Choice
characters: Nathan Landau, Stingo, Sophie Zawistowska
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Banned Books, Literature, Classics, Holocaust, Novels, Historical Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 89721
places: Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, Brooklyn, New York City, New York
awards: awardedAt: 315561600000
name: National Book Award
category: Fiction (Hardcover), awardedAt: 284025600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Random House