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Author Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991.

Title The painted bird / Jerzy Kosinski.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1976.

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 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  F-KOSINSKI    Check Shelf
Edition 2d ed. with a new introd. by the author.
Description xxvi, 234 pages ; 22 cm
Summary 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.
Subject Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe, Eastern -- Fiction.
Abandoned children -- Fiction.
Europe, Eastern -- Fiction.
Occupation of Poland (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01353902
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Abandoned children. (OCoLC)fst00794154
Europe, Eastern. (OCoLC)fst01245079
Poland. (OCoLC)fst01206891
Chronological Term 1939-1945
Indexed Term Abandoned children Fiction
Autobiographical fiction
Europe, Eastern Fiction
Poland History Fiction Occupation, 1939-1945
War stories
World War, 1939-1945 Fiction Europe, Eastern
Genre/Form Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Autobiographical fiction.
War stories.
American fiction
Other Form: Online version: Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991. Painted bird. 2d ed. with a new introd. by the author. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1976 (OCoLC)756430372
ISBN 0395242916
9780395242919
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