The Gifts of Strangeness: Alienation and Creation in Jerzy Kosinski's Fiction
by Sanders, Ivan
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- near fine
- Paperback
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- Condition
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New York: The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1974 Soft cover - staple bound wraps. 8vo. 19pp. Condition: Near Fine. Signed by author to back of front cover. ** Reprint article from The Polish Review, Vol XIX, on the works of Jerzy Kosiński (born Józef Lewinkopf) (1933 - 1991). Kosiński was a Polish author, notably famous for having written the novel "Being There" (1971), and the screenplay for the 1979 movie of the same name, starring Peter Sellers. It tells of a gardener, Chance, who has a naive approach to life beyond gardening, but nonetheless drifts into Washington society and the company of the President... a remarkable story. OCLC 5543271103.. Signed by author. Soft Cover. Near Fine.
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- Title
- The Gifts of Strangeness: Alienation and Creation in Jerzy Kosinski's Fiction
- Author
- Sanders, Ivan
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Publisher
- The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
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