false 18452 25 Many writers have portrayed the cruelty people inflict upon each other in the name of war or ideology or garden-variety hate, but few books will surpass <i>Jerzy Kosinski's</i> first novel, <i>The Painted Bird</i>, for the sheer creepiness in its savagery. The story follows an abandoned young boy who wanders alone through the frozen bogs and broken towns of Eastern Europe during and after World War II, trying to survive. His experiences and actions occur at and beyond the limits of what might be called humanity, but <i>Jerzy Kosinski</i> never averts his eyes, nor allows us to. 825359 1995 The Painted Bird total:1894|5:705|4:685|3:347|2:104|1:53| 1894 7567 2733 280 4 4 false false Fri Jan 23 20:46:18 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 21:09:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 3 false false Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Jun 14 22:38:15 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 17 23:39:18 -0700 2008 a...more...]]> 5 3 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1983 Fri Jul 06 22:56:14 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 06 22:56:14 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 30 19:01:39 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 22 19:11:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Jan 15 14:41:45 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 14:46:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Nov 04 11:02:53 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 23 09:43:45 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Tue May 22 06:23:59 -0700 2007 Tue May 22 08:22:49 -0700 2007 What struck me about this unusual choice of curriculum was its confounding shape-shifting- is it literature, under a subtle guise of aut...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jan 23 12:24:02 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 13:02:25 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Aug 27 20:38:44 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 20:38:44 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon May 07 15:43:54 -0700 2007 Wed May 23 00:37:09 -0700 2007
Having read a few of Kosinski's other works, at times I've questioned whether he simply aims for shock value. But while The Painted Bird is indeed shocking, it's a beautifully told story that forced m...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 1987 Tue May 19 01:11:16 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 01:24:03 -0700 2009 The author often commented that he wrote "auto-fiction" -- he mixed ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 18:28:34 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 13:32:54 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 01:34:03 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 04:03:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Oct 13 19:24:48 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 19:29:20 -0700 2009 After reading so many books about WWII sometimes I find that the things people went through which SHOULD have a very large emotional impact on me sometimes don't, but they did throughout this book. I think that a lot of it followed a boy who didn't live in the city during...more...]]> 2 0 false true Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 23 13:33:41 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 17 19:48:46 -0800 2009 The Painted Bird was one borrowed from that resource.

Although I happened to be reading it at Christmas time, this is no holiday fare. The creepy to...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 06:02:39 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 06:07:15 -0700 2009 as a book about the german occupation of poland and the story of a little b...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 21:02:41 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 21:04:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 10 19:22:50 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 18:04:40 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Nov 24 13:30:49 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 13:31:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 15:16:37 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 15:20:02 -0700 2009 more...]]>