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The hermit of 69th Street : the working papers of Norbert Kosky
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The hermit of 69th Street : the working papers of Norbert Kosky

Author: Jerzy Kosinski
Publisher: New York : Seaver Books, ©1988.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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A novel fictionalizing the composition of a novel by burned-out writer Norbert Kosky. The fictional author Kosky is presented as a tantric Jew, macho enigma, and first-rate second-rate novelist--generally bearing an uncanny resemblance to the actual author, Kosinski. The resulting text is is pun-filled and accompanied by copious scholarly footnotes, demonostrating the author's obsession with the Holocaust, cabala,  Read more...
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Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jerzy Kosinski
ISBN: 0805006117 9780805006117
OCLC Number: 15696945
Description: 529 p. ; 24 cm.
Responsibility: Jerzy Kosinski.

Abstract:

A novel fictionalizing the composition of a novel by burned-out writer Norbert Kosky. The fictional author Kosky is presented as a tantric Jew, macho enigma, and first-rate second-rate novelist--generally bearing an uncanny resemblance to the actual author, Kosinski. The resulting text is is pun-filled and accompanied by copious scholarly footnotes, demonostrating the author's obsession with the Holocaust, cabala, literary theory, and girlie magazines.

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