ISBN: 058604017X
Godina izdanja: 1975
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Jerzy Kosinski - The Devil Tree
Panther, 1975
160 str.
meki povez
stanje: vrlo dobro

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 feel life intensely, through drugs, violence, sex, and attempts at meaningful connection with other people -- whether lovers or the memory of his dead parents. But the physical is all that feels real to him, and as he embarks on a journey to Africa with his godparents, Whalen`s embrace of amoral thrill accelerates toward ultimate fulfillment. Now in a Grove Press paperback, Kosinski`s classic, acclaimed as `an impressive novel ... it should confirm Jerzy Kosinki`s position as one of our most significant writers` -- Newsweek `Savage ... [Whalen is] a foolproof, timeless American character.` -- Mary Ellin Barrett, Cosmopolitan

Jerzy Kosiński


Fiction, Classics