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The Painted Bird

By Jerzy Kosinski

Book information

Publisher
Grove press
Year
1995
ISBN
080213422X, 9780802134226
LCC
PS3561.O8 P3 1995
Open Library ID
OL787233M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
256 kB (262264 bytes)
Edition
2nd
Pages
234\0
Topic
Art\\Graphic Arts
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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.

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