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To: jbe who wrote (45857)	7/16/1999 5:35:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 108807

Thanks for the link, Joan. I was not aware of all the controvery surrounding Kosinski. I found The Painted Bird disturbing, but it seemed to me to be in a tradition which included Gunther Grass, Bertold Brecht and Kathe Kollwicz (please imagine umlauts over the appropriate vowels). People who lived in, or grew up in, countries devastated by terrible wars, using symbolism and allegory to describe things that no one could imagine facing head-on.

To: jbe who wrote (45857)	7/16/1999 6:08:00 PM
From: Rambi	Respond to of 108807

Good article. I knew he committed suicide, but I didn't know he was so close to the edge all his life. Very strange guy! I wonder if The Painted Bird is still on the recommended reading list. University of Richmond was still semi-Baptist affiliated at the time and Westhampton still very much the protected girls' school environment. We wore white gloves and hats. It's hard to see Dean Gehring allowing her "Westhampton ladies" to read a book like that. I bet some radical young English teacher snuck/sneaked it on there....