Jerzy Kosiński wrote dark, often unsettling fiction about identity, violence, power and individuals navigating worlds whose rules are difficult to trust. The Painted Bird follows a boy wandering through brutal rural communities during the Second World War, presenting persecution and cruelty through episodic encounters whose relationship to autobiography became heavily disputed. Being There is very different in tone: its protagonist, Chance, has spent his life gardening and watching television, yet his simple statements are repeatedly interpreted by politicians and financiers as profound economic wisdom. Steps uses fragmented scenes of domination, sex and violence rather than a continuous conventional plot. Kosiński's fiction is spare, allegorical and frequently disturbing, moving between post-war literary fiction, political satire and experimental narrative. Read more Less
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