Scanning, uploading, and electronic distribution of this book or the facilitation of such without the permission of the publisher is prohibited. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. To the memory of my wife Mary Hayward Weir without whom even the past would lose its meaningĬopyright © 1965, 1976 by Jerzy N. (Under the pen name Joseph Novak) The Future Is Ours, Comrade No Third Path Passing By Notes of the Author The Art of the Self NONFICTION The Painted Bird Steps Being There The Devil Tree Cockpit Blind Date Passion Play Pinball The Hermit of 69th Street ESSAYS Full of graphic scenes depicting rape, torture, and bestiality, the novel portrays evil in all its manifestations and speaks of human isolation as inevitable. He learns how to stay alive at any cost, turning survival into a moral imperative. A dark-haired Polish child who is taken for either a Gypsy or a Jew loses his parents in the mayhem of war and wanders through the countryside at the mercy of the brutal, thickheaded peasants he meets in the villages. The ordeals of the central character parallel Kosinski's own experiences during World War II. Summary: Semiautobiographical novel by Jerzy Kosinski, published in 1965 and revised in 1976.
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