Fic­tion

The Paint­ed Bird

  • From the Publisher
February 20, 2013

Orig­i­nal­ly pub­lished in 1965, The Paint­ed bird estab­lished Jerzy Kosin­s­ki as a major lit­er­ary fig­ure. Called by the Los Ange­les Times one of the most impos­ing nov­els of the decade,” it was even­tu­al­l­ly trans­lat­ed into more than thir­ty languages.

A har­row­ing sto­ry that fol­lows the wan­der­ings of a boy aban­doned by his par­ents dur­ing World War II, The Paint­ed Birdis a dark mas­ter­piece that exam­ines the prox­im­i­ty of ter­ror and sav­agery to inno­cence and love. It is the first, and the most famous, nov­el by one of the most impor­tant and orig­i­nal writ­ers of this century.

A har­row­ing sto­ry that fol­lows the wan­der­ings of a boy aban­doned by his par­ents dur­ing World War II, this clas­sic nov­el, orig­i­nal­ly pub­lished in 1965, is a dark mas­ter­piece that exam­ines the prox­im­i­ty of ter­ror and sav­agery to inno­cence and love. It is the first, and the most famous, nov­el by one of the most impor­tant and orig­i­nal writ­ers of this century.

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