Word: kosinski
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Character thus becomes the essential element in Kosinski's fiction. His characters live dramatically, moving in and out of events effortlessly, at times too effortlessly. Through George Levanter, the protagonist in Blind Date, Kosinski provides a vivid example of the "dramatic" lifestyle...
...Kosinski represents the antithesis of morbidity. He immerses himself totally in life, in the dramatic moments life can offer, and accepts death cooly as an incontrovertible fact that should motivate one to "live better and fuller...
...interview last week he noted that because graveyards are not more prominent features in the American landscape "we are not reminded enough [of death]; we live more diluted, emptier lives." If people are aware that their life will end, Kosinski believes they will live with "more dramatic awareness that every moment is what life is about...
...Kosinski's novels reflect this notion. His writing style exemplifies it; his protagonists characterize...
...Kosinski sees life that way... random, unconnected, and without design. He said, "The notion of a plot is fraudulent; there is no central plot to our lives." Denying the plot, the grand design, Kosinski concentrates on the incident, weaving his novels "around a system of conscious moments." The individual, by his very presence in those moments, creates whatever unity exists in life and becomes the "connective element...