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...room overlooked a graveyard. Jerzy Kosinski, the author of the books punctuated with violent and bizarre death scenes, smiled...

Author: By Steven Schorr, | Title: Dramatis Persona: A Cup of Coffee With Kosinski | 11/15/1977 | See Source »

Without a more thorough understanding of Kosinski's philosophy, such remarks, like the violence in Kosinski's books, lend themselves to misinterpretation. One smirks confidently as Kosinski confirms preconceived notions about his perverse morbidity...

Author: By Steven Schorr, | Title: Dramatis Persona: A Cup of Coffee With Kosinski | 11/15/1977 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Steven Schorr, | Title: Dramatis Persona: A Cup of Coffee With Kosinski | 11/15/1977 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Steven Schorr, | Title: Dramatis Persona: A Cup of Coffee With Kosinski | 11/15/1977 | See Source »

...Kosinski's novels reflect this notion. His writing style exemplifies it; his protagonists characterize...

Author: By Steven Schorr, | Title: Dramatis Persona: A Cup of Coffee With Kosinski | 11/15/1977 | See Source »

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