Jerzy Kosinski
1) Being there
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The story of Chauncey Gardiner - Chance, an enigmatic but distinguished man who emerges from nowhere to become an heir to the throne of a Wall Street tycoon, a presidential policy adviser, and a media icon. Truly "a man without qualities," Chance's straightforward responses to popular concerns are heralded as visionary. But though everyone is quoting him, no one is sure what he's really saying. And filling in the blanks in his background proves impossible....
2) Blind date
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1977.
Language
English
Description
A spectacular and erotically charged psychological novel from the acclaimed author of Being There and The Painted Bird.
George Levanter is an idea man, a small investor, an international playboy, and a ruthless dealmaker 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...
George Levanter is an idea man, a small investor, an international playboy, and a ruthless dealmaker 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...
Author
Language
English
Description
The classic novel of a boy’s struggle for survival in WWII Poland, from the National Book Award–winning author of Steps and Being There.
“In 1939, a six-year-old boy is sent by his anti-Nazi parents to a remote village in Poland where they believe he will be safe. Things happen, however, and the boy is left to roam the Polish countryside. . . . To the blond, blue-eyed peasants...
“In 1939, a six-year-old boy is sent by his anti-Nazi parents to a remote village in Poland where they believe he will be safe. Things happen, however, and the boy is left to roam the Polish countryside. . . . To the blond, blue-eyed peasants...
Author
Language
English
Description
A searing novel from a writer of international stature, The Devil Tree is a tale that combines the existential emptiness of Camus's The Stranger with the universe of international playboys, violence, and murder of Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley. Jonathan Whalen's life has been determined from the start by the immense fortune of his father, a steel tycoon. Whalen's childlike delight in power and status mask a greater need, a desire to...
5) Pinball
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1982.
Language
English
Description
Jerzy Kosinski's bestselling 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...
6) Passion play
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[1979]
Language
English
Description
His livelihood is polo-not the millionaire's team sport, but the life-threatening duel of clashing horsemen. The prize is more than money and honor; it is the awareness of having drawn upon every resource of body and mind, of man and horse in danger.
Passion Play is a masterpiece of violence and seduction, love and loss, by one of the world's greatest writers.
Author
Language
Polish
Description
"Prostaczek, który całe życie spędził w zamknięciu, zajmując się pielęgnowaniem ogrodu, a rzeczywistość zna tylko z telewizji, przez przypadek wkracza w wielki świat amerykańskiej finansjery. Jest pusty jak ekran, na które każdy rzuca swoje własne sny i marzenia. Mężczyźni widzą w nim genialnego polityka, kobiety -- idealnego kochanka. Jednym słowem, otwiera się przed nim droga do oszałamiającej kariery." --
11) Przechodząc obok
Author
Series
Publisher
Da Capo
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
Polish
Description
Jerzy Kosinski's suicide in 1991 shocked the literary world. A Polish emigre who had survived unspeakable horrors as a child during World War II, Kosinski was a flamboyant figure whose death only added to the aura of mystery that surrounded him. Passing By is Kosinski's legacy, a collection of writings, never before published in book form, that answers many questions about Kosinski and his work - a revealing and provocative self-portrait by an author...
17) Being there
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Circumstances propel a feeble-minded gardener, whose entire knowledge of life comes from watching television, into becoming adviser to the president of the United States and a powerful but dying tycoon.
18) Being there
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Chance is a secluded gardener who has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television. After a run in with a limousine, he ends up a guest of Eve and her husband Ben. Ben is an influential, but sickly businessman. Now called Chauncey Gardner, Chance becomes friend and confidante to Ben, as well as an unlikely...
Publisher
Trinity Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Sandra Bullock and Jonathan Penner star in this hilarious, sexy comedy. New York advertising executive, Morris Codman(Jonathan Penner), seems to have it all - lots of talent and a beautiful girlfriend, Debbie (Sandra Bullock). When he loses his job he decides to use his advertising expertise to create, package and market a shady product that will make him millions. Debbie tries to convince him that money isn't everything and that she loves him just...
20) Being there
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Chance is a secluded gardener who has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television. After a run in with a limousine, he ends up a guest of Eve and her husband Ben. Ben is an influential, but sickly businessman. Now called Chauncey Gardner, Chance becomes friend and confidante to Ben, as well as an unlikely...