Jerzy Kosinski Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

Dieser düstere Roman hat Millionen Leser auf der ganzen Welt erschüttert. Irgendwo im Osten Europas, während der Zweite Weltkrieg tobt: Um ihn vor den Nazis zu schützen, wird ein kleiner jüdischer Junge zu einer alten Frau aufs Land gegeben. Kurz darauf stirbt sie und der Junge bleibt allein zurück. Als er durch die zerfetzte Welt irrt, erlebt er die Gräuel des Krieges – aber auch die Perversion und Brutalität der Soldaten und der abergläubischen Landbevölkerung. Der Junge verstummt und hat sich, als der Krieg endet, für immer verändert. Der Weltbestseller in neuer Übersetzung von Andreas Decker. Kosinski schildert das Triebhafte und Abgründige im Menschen, aber auch die tiefe Vereinsamung unseres Daseins in einer klaren Prosa. Ein Meisterwerk.

Vier romans van de Pools-Amerikaanse schrijver (1933-1991).

El ermitaño de la calle 69 es un escritor muy semejante al propio Kosinski, que recuerda su vida con humor y sin olvidar las muchas dificultades que ha superado. Además de sus vivencias, abundan las citas literarias y las referencias a la cultura judía. Un libro extrañamente conmovedor.

The hermit of 69th Street is a writer very similar to Kosinski himself, who recalls his life with humor while not forgetting the many difficulties he has overcome. In addition to his experiences, there are numerous literary quotes and references to Jewish culture. A strangely moving book.

Pubblicata nel 1968, Passi è una raccolta di racconti legati da un filo sottile e quasi invisibile. Storie di dominazione, alienazione, controllo sociale, sottomissione al potere; reminescenze, aneddotti e dialoghi che la critica ha spesso interpretato come il riflesso letterario delle difficoltà esistenziali e materiali di Kosinski, che era stato prima un polacco sotto il regime sovietico e poi un immigrato americano alle prese con i “curiosi codici del capitalismo”. Scritto in una prosa che sorprese pubblico e commentatori per la forza e l’originalità dello stile, Passi subì un vero e proprio boicottaggio da parte di alcuni critici che ne stigmatizzano l’erotismo esplicito e la violenza brutale di alcuni frammenti. Eppure, malgrado questo e nonostante l’iniziale flop commerciale, il libro vinse l’anno seguente il prestigioso National Book Award, e la critica, al netto dei puritani, gli riconobbe la grana del capolavoro. Hugh Kenner, il celebre recensore del “New York Times”, accostò il libro all’opera di Louis-Ferdinand Céline e di Franz Kafka; David Foster Wallace lo elevò subito al livello dei classici, e ancora oggi, a quasi cinquant’anni di distanza, rileggendolo, si ha netta l’impressione di essere di fronte a una tra le più misteriose e inimitabili opere d’arte del Novecento.

Jerzy Kosinski's best-selling 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.

Blind Date is a spectacular & erotically charged psychological novel that shows Jerzy Kosinski, author of Being There & The Painted Bird, at the height of his power. George Levanter is an idea man, a small investor, an international playboy & a ruthless deal-maker whose life is delivered in a series of scorching encounters, each more incredible than the last. From Moscow to Paris, from a Manhattan skyscraper to a California mass murder, Blind Date is a dizzying vision of life among the beautiful people & the thrill-seekers.

Kosinski's novel, filled with tension, moral questions, physical and psychological violence, fear, sex, ugliness, cruelty, but also humor and beautiful lyrical passages, depicts the fate of former American secret service agent Tarden. One day, circumstances force him to abandon his previous life, hide, and constantly change his identity. This brings great loneliness, which clashes with his desire for close contact with others. Through immense ingenuity, the protagonist discovers a way to enter the lives of his unsuspecting victims, manipulating them at will and using them to satisfy his own needs. The greater the danger he faces, the bolder his escapades become, and the more insatiable his sexual desires grow. Tarden is unable to live without physical tension.

A startling novel for the electronic age about fame, power, money, sex—and a hero who gets it all. The hero of this astonishing novel is called Chance—he may be the man of tomorrow. Flung into the real world when his rich benefactor dies, Chance is helped on his life journey by Elizabeth Eve, the young, beautiful, resourceful wife of a dying Wall Street mogul. Accidentally launched into the world of sex, money, power—and national television—he becomes a media superstar, a household name, the man of the hour—and who knows, perhaps our next President.

In a masterpiece of love and loss by one of the world's greatest writers, Fabian travels in his VanHome from one end of the country to the other, searching, judging, and testing--himself most of all.

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