Jerzy Kosinski

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.

Print · Bantam · English
ISBN 9789992223673

Print · Corgi · 1967 · English
ISBN 9780552082372

Print · Modern Libr. · 1970 · English
ISBN 9780394600154

Print · Corgi Books · 1972 · English
ISBN 9780552090018

Print · Corgi · 1976 · English
ISBN 9780552103237

Print · Bantam Books · 1978 · English
ISBN 9780553124606

Print · Bantam Books · 1979 · English
ISBN 9780553136197

Print · Bantam · 1981-08 · English
ISBN 9780553205541

Print · Bantam · 1983-03-01 · English
ISBN 9780553265200

Print · Bantam Books · 1983-03 · English
ISBN 9780553236316

Print · Modern Library · 1983 · English
ISBN 9780394604336

Print · Grove Press · 1995-08-09 · English
ISBN 9780613180757

Print · Grove Press · 1995 · English
ISBN 9780802134226

Print · Black Swan · 1996 · English
ISBN 9780552996594

Audiobook · HighBridge Audio · 2010-03-30 · English
ISBN 9781615730803

Audiobook · Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing · 2021-03-01 · English
ISBN 9781665164412

Audiobook · Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing · 2021-03-01 · English
ISBN 9781665164405

eBook · Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. · 2007-12-01 · English
ISBN 9780802195753