Since we expected to remain for some time, we had taken a suite in a palatial hotel that dominated the lake-front of a fashionable old resort.Īmong the permanent residents at the hotel was a clique of wealthy Western Europeans who had come to the town just before the outbreak of World War II. We had vacationed there before, but were now in the country for a different purpose: my wife had been battling a supposedly incurable illness for months and had come to Switzerland to consult yet another group of specialists. In the spring of 1963, I visited Switzerland with my American-born wife, Mary. This new edition of The Painted Bird incorporates some material that did not appear in the first edition. 841 Broadway New York, NY 10003ĭistributed by Publishers Group West and only God, omnipotent indeed, knew they were mammals of a different breed. Grove Press an imprint of Grove/Atlantic, Inc. Abandoned children-Europe, Eastern-Fiction. World War, 1939-1945-Europe, Eastern-Fiction.
Poland-History-Occupation, 1939-1945-Fiction. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The painted bird/Jerzy Kosinski with an introduction by the author.-2nd ed. Published simultaneously in Canada Printed in the United States of America Any member of educational institutions wishing to photocopy part or all of the work for classroom use, or anthology, should send inquiries to Grove/Atlantic, Inc., 841 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 or įirst published in the United States of America in 1976 by Houghton Mifflin Company Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated.
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To the memory of my wife Mary Hayward Weir without whom even the past would lose its meaningĬopyright © 1965, 1976 by Jerzy N. NONFICTION (Under the pen name Joseph Novak) The Future Is Ours, Comrade No Third Path NOVELS The Painted Bird Steps Being There The Devil Tree Cockpit Blind Date Passion Play Pinball The Hermit of 69th StreetĮSSAYS Passing By Notes of the Author The Art of the Self
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