"In the first weeks of World War II, in the fall of 1939, a six-year-old boy from a large city in Eastern Europe was sent by his parents.."

"In the first weeks of World War II, in the fall of 1939, a six-year-old boy from a large city in Eastern Europe was sent by his parents, like thousands of other children, to the shelter of a distant village."

From "The Painted Bird", by Jerzy Kosinski.

Jerzy Kosinski was a Polish-American novelist known for his controversial and complex narratives, often exploring themes of social alienation, identity, and the nature of truth. His best-known work, "The Painted Bird," published in 1965, is a harrowing fictional account of a child's experiences in Eastern Europe during World War II.

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