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The Painted Bird
by Jerzy Kosiński
“All cats are the same in the dark, says the proverb. But it certainly did not apply to people, with them it was just the opposite. During the day they were all alike, running in their well-defined ways. At night they changed beyond recognition.” This is a work of stark brutality. A series of endless horrors. At one point, the reader pulls away, shaking their head, wondering of the meaning. Who is the painted bird - that fateful creature the bird catcher paints in various colors and then returns it to its flock only for the flock to swarm upon the painted, colorful bird and kill it. Who is the boy that cruel Nature devours? There is a message here. It is buried beneath the horror. Perhaps too deep.