{"product_id":"jerzy-9781942658146","title":"Jerzy","description":"\u003cp\u003eA moving attempt to trace the connections between Kosinski's wartime struggles and postwar fictions. --\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerzy\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel with a light touch that's still capable of lifting heavy subjects. Charyn knows what he wants to do and knows how to do it. . . .  He] show s] that all forms of power are pretty much alike, or at least connected--Hollywood, Capitol Hill, Kensington Palace, the Kremlin. Because Kosinski is a figure who proves (if we still need to learn it) that the craziness of American life may have more in common with the craziness of Russia and Europe than we like to think. --\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e (Editors' Choice)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJerzy Kosinski was a great enigma of post-World War II literature. When he exploded onto the American literary scene in 1965 with his best-selling novel \u003ci\u003eThe Painted Bird\u003c\/i\u003e, he was revered as a Holocaust survivor and refugee from the world hidden behind the Soviet Iron Curtain. He won major literary awards, befriended actor Peter Sellers (who appeared in the screen adaptation of his novel \u003ci\u003eBeing There\u003c\/i\u003e), and was a guest on talk shows and at the Oscars. But soon the facade began to crack, and behind the public persona emerged a ruthless social climber, sexual libertine, and pathological liar who may have plagiarized his greatest works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJerome Charyn lends his unmistakable style to this most American story of personal disintegration, told through the voices of multiple narrators--a homicidal actor, a dominatrix, and Joseph Stalin's daughter--who each provide insights into the shifting facets of Kosinski's personality. The story unfolds like a Russian nesting doll, eventually revealing the lost child beneath layers of trauma, while touching on the nature of authenticity, the atrocities of WWII, the allure of sadomasochism, and the fickleness of celebrity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJerome Charyn\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of, most recently, \u003ci\u003eA Loaded Gun: Emily Dickinson for the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBitter Bronx: Thirteen Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI Am Abraham: A Novel of Lincoln and the Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Life of Emily Dickinson: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bellevue Literary Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942658146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2017 pg. 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2017 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/23\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/11\/2017\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jerome Charyn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671742050460,"sku":"9781942658146","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6ec37465-30d8-4168-87e8-fc89a82ed2b0.jpg?v=1603926144","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/jerzy-9781942658146","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}