The Painted Bird

Originallypublishedin1965,ThePaintedbirdestablishedJerzyKosinskiasamajorliteraryfigure.CalledbytheLosAngelesTimes"oneofthemostimposingnovelsofthedecade,"itwaseventualllytranslatedintomorethanthirtylanguages.AharrowingstorythatfollowsthewanderingsofaboyabandonedbyhisparentsduringWorldWarII,ThePaintedBirdisadarkmasterpiecethatexaminestheproximityofterrorandsavagerytoinnocenceandlove.Itisthefirst,andthemostfamous,novelbyoneofthemostimportantandoriginalwritersofthiscentury.AharrowingstorythatfollowsthewanderingsofaboyabandonedbyhisparentsduringWorldWarII,thisclassicnovel,originallypublishedin1965,isadarkmasterpiecethatexaminestheproximityofterrorandsavagerytoinnocenceandlove.Itisthefirst,andthemostfamous,novelbyoneofthemostimportantandoriginalwritersofthiscentury.