num_pages: 251
description: A portrait of the Nazi mentality, by the author of "Being There". A young boy, perhaps a Gypsy, perhaps a Jew, is abandoned by his parents during World War II. He is left to wander alone from one Slav village to another, sometimes being hounded and tortured and sometimes sheltered and taught.
language: English
title: The Painted Bird
titlecomplete: The Painted Bird
genres: Literature, Classics, Polish Literature, Novels, World War II, Holocaust, War, Historical Fiction, Horror, Fiction
ratings_count: 25746
awards: awardedAt: -126201600000
name: Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger
category: Essai
publisher: Black Swan