num_pages: 260
description: Winner of the National Book Award The Painted Bird is one of the most shocking indictments of Nazi madness and terrors of the Holocaust during World War II. It is a story about the proximity of terror and savagery to innocence and love. It is a vivid and graphic portrayal of the hellish Nazi occupation of Eastern Europe as seen through the eyes of a boy struggling for survival, an alien child lost in a world gone mad.
language: English
title: The Painted Bird
titlecomplete: The Painted Bird
genres: Fiction, War, Polish Literature, Horror, Literature, Classics, Holocaust, Novels, Historical Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 25748
awards: awardedAt: -126201600000
name: Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger
category: Essai
publisher: Transaction Pub Large Print