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Page 643
... novel's first few chapters . Although , as observed , in the introductory paragraph of The Painted Bird Kosinski defines the time setting as that of World War II , in the subsequent five chapters war is markedly absent . Since in this ...
... novel's first few chapters . Although , as observed , in the introductory paragraph of The Painted Bird Kosinski defines the time setting as that of World War II , in the subsequent five chapters war is markedly absent . Since in this ...
Page 651
... novel he is often identified only as a Gypsy . Presumably his parents had to go into hiding because of their prewar anti- Nazi activities and not because they wanted to escape the fate of European Jews . By referring to these and other ...
... novel he is often identified only as a Gypsy . Presumably his parents had to go into hiding because of their prewar anti- Nazi activities and not because they wanted to escape the fate of European Jews . By referring to these and other ...
Page 677
... novel ends with Whalen mysteriously ill , confined to a clinic in Geneva , watching the fog lift from the lake . The Devil Tree reveals Kosinski's fascination with American wealth and the changes the perception of wealth forces on ...
... novel ends with Whalen mysteriously ill , confined to a clinic in Geneva , watching the fog lift from the lake . The Devil Tree reveals Kosinski's fascination with American wealth and the changes the perception of wealth forces on ...
Contents
Barbara Tepa Lupack Introduction | 531 |
Tomasz Mirkowicz | 539 |
Jerzy Kosinski | 597 |
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