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Jerzy Kosinski's mythic, master-work of a shattered post-War Europe. Originally published in 1965, The Painted Bird established Jerzy Kosinski as a major literary figure. Kosinski's story follows a dark-haired, olive-skinned boy, abandoned by his parents during World War II, as he wanders alone from one village to another, sometimes hounded and tortured, only rarely sheltered and cared for. Through the juxtaposition of adolescence and the most brutal of adult experiences, Kosinski sums up a Bosch-like world of harrowing excess where senseless violence and untempered hatred are the norm. Through sparse prose and vivid imagery, Kosinski's novel is a story of mythic proportion, even more relevant to today's society than it was upon its original publication.Product Identifiers
PublisherGROVE Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN-139780802134226
eBay Product ID (ePID)90132505
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Painted Bird
AuthorJerzy Kosinski
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicBooks
Publication Year1995
Dimensions
Item Height209mm
Item Width139mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorJerzy Kosinski
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States