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