"As I go to sleep I remember what my father said-that one can never be sure if one will awake. The way my health is now, this is becoming more and more real."
- Jerzy KosinskiPolish-American author Jerzy Kosinski is well-known for his novels that delved deeply into difficult subjects like identity and the human condition. "The Painted Bird," one of his best-known pieces, explores the grim realities of wartime childhood. Kosinski frequently considered mortality and the fr…