Jerzy Kosinski

Scenes recalled by the protagonist reveal his unfeeling acceptance of violence and cruel behavior being inflicted on others

Steps

Boyali kuş

Unable to cope with his huge inheritance, Jonathan Whalen searches for an escape in the drug culture, seeking amoral thrills in the world of drugs, violence, and sex. Reprint.

A Novel

The Devil Tree

A rock and roll mystery centered around a superstar musician named Goddard who, despite his fame, has managed to keep his identity a secret.

Pinball

De geverfde vogel vertelt het verhaal van een joods jongetje in Oost-Europa tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Het kind wordt door zijn ouders uit veiligheidsoverwegingen naar het platteland gestuurd. Toch zijn het niet in de eerste plaats oorlog en terreur die deze roman zo indrukwekkend maken, maar de intense beleving van een kind dat rondzwerft in een wereld vol dreiging en vijandigheid. Met een nawoord van Daan Heerma van Voss.

De geverfde vogel

A young boy, abandoned by his parents during World War II, wanders alone from one village to another in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe.

The Painted Bird

As he moves among heads of state, renowned scientists, national heroes, sex scavengers, and jet-setters, George Levanter, involved with enterprises as businessman, gamesman, and lover, is faced with complex moral choices and emotional shocks

Blind Date

L'uccello dipinto

Hasan Aslan

roman

Şeytan ağacı

(Desde el jardín)

Bienvenido Mister Chance

A brilliant satire tells the tale of Chauncey "Chance" Gardiner, who appears out of nowhere to become the heir to the empire of a Wall Street tycoon, a presidential policy adviser, and a media mogul. Reprint.

Being There

From the twisted mind of Jerzy Kosinski, a novel of kink and consequences set in the turbulent world of 1970s rock music excess. Jerzy Kosinski's bestselling novel Pinball, which he wrote for George Harrison, is a rock 'n' roll mystery centered on a superstar named Goddard who has, despite his success, managed to keep his identity a secret, even from his closest friends. But a beautiful young woman, obsessed with finding Goddard, stalks him relentlessly, driven by a secret goal that justifies all means. Ricocheting with humor and bursting with erotic intensity, Pinball is a game as intricate, unpredictable, suspenseful, and complex as life. " Pinball is classic Kosinski." — Chicago Tribune "Kosinski has created a suspenseful, readable, and unsentimental tale that showcases his love for and knowledge of music and examines the nature of fame and success and the frightening alienation and violence it often spawns." — Library Journal

Jonathan Whalen's life has been determined from the start by the immense fortune of his father, a steel tycoon. Whalen's childlike delight in power and status mask a greater need, a desire to feel life intensely, through drugs, violence, sex, and attempts at meaningful connection with other people--whether lovers or the memory of his dead parents. But the physical is all that feels real to him, and as he embarks on a journey to Africa with his godparents, Whalen's embrace of amoral thrill accelerates toward ultimate fulfillment.

The devil tree

Passi

Joseph Novak

Conversations with the Russians

The Future is Ours, Comrade

Obojena ptica

Ambientato durante la seconda guerra mondiale in un paese dell’Europa dell’Est, L’uccello dipinto è la storia di un bambino ebreo e della sua miracolosa ricerca della salvezza. Allo scoppio del conflitto la famiglia lo nasconde in un villaggio di campagna e lo affida alle cure di un’anziana bambinaia, sperando di risparmiargli le violenze dell’esercito invasore; ma dopo la morte della donna inizia per lui un solitario vagabondare nel tentativo di ricongiungersi ai genitori. Tra le atrocità dei soldati tedeschi e quelle dei contadini – che lo credono un ebreo o uno zingaro in possesso di poteri malefici – il bambino scoprirà sulla natura umana molto più di quanto la sua giovane età avrebbe dovuto consentirgli. Fin dalla sua uscita, nel 1965, L’uccello dipinto destò scalpore su entrambi i lati della Cortina di Ferro, divenendo uno dei libri più controversi nell’era della guerra fredda. Cinquant’anni dopo, caduto il velo delle ideologie, questo romanzo insieme autobiografico e universale continua a parlarci, con il coraggio e l’eloquenzadei grandi classici, del problema della libertà individuale e della violenza della società.Con una introduzione dell’autore.

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